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Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Yaw-yaw
subs. phr.
(nautical).—A Dutchman: any man who says ‘Y
AW-YAW’
for ‘Yes’ (C
LARK
R
USSELL
).
