? Obs. [f. YANK v. + -ER1.]
1. Sc. = YANK sb.1 a; fig. a big or ‘thumping’ lie.
1822. Hogg, Perils of Man, xii. I. 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.’
2. (See quot., but perh. an error for JANKER.)
1833. Act 3 & 4 Will. IV., c. 46 § 89. If … any person … shall drive any four-wheeled cart, commonly called a wood yanker without a person in charge of each pair of wheels.
