Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yankee cheese-box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: yan-kee cheese-box
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.

American usage; Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

"The old description of her departed predecessor, " a Yankee cheese-box on a raft," will give one a better idea of her external appearance than any chapter which could be written."

Usage

American usage
Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

Yankee cheese-boxes (plural)

Questions

What does yankee cheese-box mean?: The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.

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