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Yank tank n. The mayor says he hopes to increase the fee to $20 next year, with a special super-sized congestion charge of $50 on the vehicles he hates most—those gas-guzzling, road-hogging, American-style sport-utility vehicles. They are known in London as Yank tanks. [English United Kingdom Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 2, 2007)

Yankee dime n. Yankee Dime This is Texas slang, apparently (I read it in the Lone Star Iconoclast!) for an insincere kiss. President Bush sure knows how to spend those. [English United States Texas] [full cite] (Oct. 1, 2004)

Yankee dime n. When the boys and girls husked corn together and the boys hustled like the very mischief to get the first red ear—wonder why?—and then attended the girls home from these husking bees and night singings, bidding them good-night in the moonlight at the front gate and going home with a bran[d]-new Yankee dime, feeling prouder and more independent than any of the present generation. [English United States Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2004)

Yankee dime n. “Yankee dime” is a slang term used in some sections of the United States, particularly in the South, to denote a kiss, just as “Dutch quarter” is used to mean a hug. In some sections “Quaker nickel” is employed in the same sense as “Yankee Dime.” [English United States Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2004)

Yankee dime n. If you’ll do me this favor in double quick time,/You shall have my best wishes and a Yankee dime. [English United States] [full cite] (Jul. 26, 2006)

yard n. In broker speak, a bank might ask for a “yard”—one billion in a designated currency. [English Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 20, 2008)

yard dog n. The yard dogs—prison vernacular for guards—were already baying. Someone had issued a Signal 3, a man-down alert, and guards descended from all directions. [English Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2005)

yard sale n. A good fall always makes for a good story. But boarders and skiers agreed that wearing a helmet is essential for making your average yard sale nothing more than a goofy tale to tell your friends. [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 28, 2004)

yard sale n. I responded to her praise with a “face plant” and “yard sale”—falling flat while my skis and poles went in four directions. It might have hurt if we both hadn’t been laughing so hard. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2004)

yard sale n. The “yard sale” resulted completely from the fact that I was going to fast, given the fact that I was coming down from an easy slope where all the folks around me were going waaaay slower, and doing occasional panic stops. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2004)

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