Jerk gets drug from Oriental figure living in America (6)
I believe the answer is:
yankee
'figure living in america' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'jerk gets drug from oriental' is the wordplay.
'jerk' becomes 'yank' ('yank' can be a synonym of 'jerk'**).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'from' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'yank'+'e'+'e'='YANKEE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yankee that I've seen before include "- - Doodle, song" , "25th letter of Nato alphabet" , "New Englander - type of bet" , "Native of Northern US" , "A Connecticut - in King Arthur's Court (Twain)" .)