Yankee-land

I was born and educated in California, some three thousand miles west of Yankee-land, and I talk like a Californian.

The Yankee Myth 2010

I'm a new reader -- born in TX (Temple!) but raised in Yankee-land, aka MA.

Cinco de Mayo? Yo tengo tinga! | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

The best news out of Yankee-land is Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract.

Archive 2007-10-01 RobB 2007

The best news out of Yankee-land is Alex Rodriguez opting out of his contract.

Rob's Blog o' Stuff RobB 2007

Miss Roxy, especially, is the typical old maid of Yankee-land, and is so thoroughly lovable, in spite of her idiom, her crusty manners, and her eccentricities, that the only wonder is that she should have been allowed to remain single.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Various

He might be tempted, perchance, to cross the ocean in the evening of his days, to note down, with his inimitable and still unfaltering pencil, some of the humors of Yankee-land.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various

It sounds strange to hear children bargaining in French on the borders of Yankee-land.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Various

"Can't you ever forget that girl in Yankee-land?" she said.

Love, the Fiddler Lloyd Osbourne 1907

With the battle-flag of Yankee-land a-floating at the mast

Winning a Cause World War Stories Inez Bigwood 1901

'You shall never,' he writes, 'you shall never seriously meditate crossing the great Salt Pool to plant yourself in the Yankee-land.

Civilisation in the United States 1888