Yankee.—The word Yankee is believed to have been derived from the manner in which the Indians endeavored to pronounce the word English, which they rendered Yenghees, whence the word Yankee.
—From "Milledulcia."
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Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
—Burton.
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How often it is like autumn leaves, many hopes and ambitions that yesterday were bright and strong, are now, alas, dead!
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Thy yesterday is past,
Thy to-day, thy future,
Thy to-morrow, is a secret.
—From The Talmud.