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单词 yanker
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yankern.

/ˈjaŋkə/
Etymology: < yank v. + -er suffix1.
? Obsolete.
1. Scottish. = yank n.1 1; figurative a big or ‘thumping’ lie.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. xii. 330 ‘Ay, billy, that is a yanker!’ said Tam aside. ‘When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince.’
2. (See quot. 1833, but perhaps an error for janker n.)
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1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §89 If..any person..shall drive any four-wheeled cart, commonly called a wood yanker without a person in charge of each pair of wheels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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