yanker
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[edit]Noun
[edit]yanker (plural yankers)
- Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
- 1991, Lindsley, The Prospect of Detachment, page 62:
- He's a yanker of braids, a tousler of bangs […]
- (Scotland) A brazen lie
- 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, page 330:
- "Ay, billy, that is a yanker !" said Tam aside : " When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince, and being done wi't
- Someone who pranks someone, who yanks chains, such as with crank calls.