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 American Peculiarities:—American States. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
American States.
 
The Americans are rich in nicknames. Every state has, or has had, its sobriquet. The people of   1
Alabamaare lizards.
Arkansas” tooth picks
California” gold-hunters.
Colorado” rovers.
Connecticut” wooden nutmegs.
Delaware” musk rats.
Florida” fly-up-the-creeks.
Georgia” buzzards.
Illinois” suckers.
Indiana” hoosiers.
Iowa” hawk-eyes.
Kansas” jay-hawkers.
Kentucky” corn-crackers.
Louisiana” creoles.
Maine” foxes.
Maryland” craw-thumpers.
Michigan” wolverines.
Minnesota” gophers.
Mississippi” tadpoles.
Missouri” pukes.
Nebraska” bug-eaters.
Nevada” sage-hens.
New Hampshire” granite-boys.
New Jersey” Blues or clam-catchers.
New York” knickerbockers.
North Carolina” tar-boilers or Tuckoes.
Ohio” buck-eyes.
Oregon” web-feet or hard cases.
Pennsylvania” Pennamites or Leather-heads.
Rhode Island” gun-flints.
South Carolina” weasels.
Tennessee” whelps.
Texas” beef-heads.
Vermont” green-mountain boys.
Virginia” beadies.
Wisconsin” badgers.
 


 American Peculiarities:—American States. 

 
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