What is Yankee Dime?
1.
American ha'penny : universal numismatic icon found in every lady's purse .
As a Southerner with strong folk-memories of the Civil War , Aunt Sybilla objected to her ample emolument being 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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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.
