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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
- w:Crank Yankers