yankee-doodle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Yankee-Doodle
    n 1: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: {Yankee},
         {Yank}, {Yankee-Doodle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Yankee-Doodle \Yan`kee-Doo"dle\, n.
   1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
      national airs of the United States.
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   2. Humorously, a Yankee.
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            We might have withheld our political noodles
            From knocking their heads against hot
            Yankee-Doodles.                       --Moore.
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