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Corn-cracker State

Corn-cracker State proper noun: an unofficial nickname for Kentucky, a state of the United States.

Proper noun

the Corn-cracker State

  1. An unofficial nickname for Kentucky, a state of the United States.
    • The five sobriquets by which Kentucky is designated are: the Blue Grass State, the Corn-cracker State, the Dark and Bloody Ground State, the Hemp State, and the Tobacco State.2000, Steven A. Channing, Encyclopedia of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of Corn-cracker State

alternative formCorncracker State
alternative formCorn cracker State

Questions about Corn-cracker State

What does Corn-cracker State mean?
Corn-cracker State means an unofficial nickname for Kentucky, a state of the United States.
What part of speech is Corn-cracker State?
Corn-cracker State is a proper noun.

Words near Corn-cracker State in the dictionary

  1. corn-cake
  2. corn-cakes
  3. corn-cob
  4. corn-cobs
  5. corn-cracker
  6. Corn-cracker State
  7. corn-crackers
  8. corn-crake
  9. corn-crakes
  10. corn-dodger
  11. corn-dodgers

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