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yank (v.)
"to pull, jerk," 1822, Scottish, of unknown origin. Related:
Yanked
;
yanking
. The noun is 1818 in sense of "sudden blow, cuff;" 1856 (American English) as "a sudden pull."
Yank (n.)
abbreviated form of
Yankee
, 1778.
