English Explanatory Dictionary

Yankee ingenuity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Improvisational design or problem-solving, dealing with low availability of replacement parts and materials.

Word forms

Yankee ingenuity

Etymology

Referring to colonial and frontier living in the early United States.

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