swamp yankee

[Jonathan Lighter]

2011  http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=135429&messages=47#3089482
(Feb.
6):  I'm a Swamp Yankee. That's an insult for Rhode Islanders by people from
neighboring states. Like so many other derogatory words, it is not an insult
when we use it to describe ourselves.

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JL

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