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American tooth extraction technique? (4)

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yank

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'american' is the definition.
(Yank can informally mean an American)

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(Other definitions for yank that I've seen before include "sudden 24D [DRAW] ?" , "An informal American - tug him" , "Pull roughly" , "Term for an American" , "Unceremoniously drag" .)

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