Yankee Dime

What is Yankee Dime?


1.

American ha'penny: universal numismatic iconfound in every lady's purse.

As a Southerner with strong folk-memories of the Civil War, AuntSybilla objected to her ample emolumentbeing referred to as a YANKEE DIME.

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2.

A quick, innocent kiss. A peck. A child like term used by/for children in the Southern United States. (More common in countryside-raised, 'older' southern families)

My mother had me trained to tell relatives I'd trade them 'A kiss for a yankee dime'. Afterwards, I would demand a yankee dime, and they would all laugh at my ignorance.


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