A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

YANK

Mon, 12 Feb '24
Tug hard
Sun, 27 Aug '23
19th-century adversary of an 18-Down
Sat, 29 Jul '23
Quite a jerk
Mon, 24 Oct '22
Give a hard tug
Sun, 30 Jan '22
American, abroad
Sun, 25 Apr '21
Quite a jerk