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Yankee Doodle|ˈjæŋkɪ ˈduːd(ə)l|
[Origin uncertain.
The tune is said to have been composed in 1755 by Dr. Shuckburgh, a surgeon in Lord Amherst's army, in derision of the provincial troops (Hist. & Misc. Coll. New Hampsh. 1824, III. 217–18).]
1. The title of a popular air of the United States of America, considered to be characteristically national.
1768Jrnl. of the Times (Boston) 29 Sept. in Lossing Pict. Field-Bk. Revol. (1851) I. 480 Those passing in boats observed great rejoicings, and that the Yankee Doodle Song was the capital piece in the band of music. 1775Pennsylvania Even. Post 22 July 317/2 General Gage's troops are much dispirited;..and..disposed to leave off dancing any more to the tune of Yankey Doodle. c1775T. L. Yankee Doodle; or the Negroe's farewell to America (song) in N. & Q. 1st Ser. V. 87 Yankee doodle, yankee doodle dandy, I vow, Yankee doodle, yankee doodle, bow wow wow. 1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xvii, He..walked off, a whislin Yankee Doodle to himself.
2. A Yankee. Also attrib.
1787J. F. Bryant Verses 15 And we'll give the Yankee⁓doodles a dowse in the jaws. a1807J. Skinner Amusem. Leis. Hours (1809) 78 Syne after him cam Yankie Doodle, Frae hyne ayont the muckle water. 1814Moore Parody of Letter 48, I might have withheld these political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee Doodles. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan xxiii. II. 319 One of your yankee doodle invitations, that,—happy to see you another time. 1830Scott Jrnl. 5 Sept. (1890) II. 351 We have had..Yankees male and female, and a Yankee-Doodle-Dandy into the bargain, a smart young Virginia man.
Hence Yankeedoodleˈdodom nonce-wd. = Yankeedom; yankeeˈdoodledom, Yankeeˈdoodleism, = Yankeedom, Yankeeism (above).
1843T. Carlyle Let. 3 July in Lett. Charles Dickens (1974) III. 542/1 The last Chuzzlewit on *Yankeedoodledodom is capital. We read it with loud assent.
1845P. Hone Diary 20 May (1889) II. 248 The ladies of this family (natives though they be of *Yankee-doodle-dom) seem to possess, in a high degree, the power of capturing the aristocracy of England. 1861Death of Lincoln Despotism (Bartlett), And hold them Abe Lincoln, and all his Northern scum, Shall own our independence of Yankee Doodledom.
1836Fraser's Mag. XIII. 468 The man's whole life..was a long series of Frenchified *Yankeedoodleisms. |