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land of fruits and nuts

land of fruits and nuts proper noun: derogatory name for California: a state of the United States.

Proper noun

the land of fruits and nuts

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) Derogatory name for California: a state of the United States.
    • You can make a book on some of the people who were there. That is, if you get a chance to see them perform before some midnight rider from the William Morris Agency makes off with them to the land of fruits and nuts.1970 August 30, Terry Galanoy, “Ted Liss-talent polisher”, in Chicago Tribune, page 42
    • This is very important to me right now because I always have an automobile accident after a break-up, and Sandra, my lover of five years, just left me for some babe who lives in San Francisco, the promised land of fruit and nuts.1998, Achy Obejas, We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?

Origin of land of fruits and nuts

In reference both to the agricultural bounty of the state, and to the suggested character of its people, fruit being slang for a gay or effeminate man, and nut for a crazy person.

Questions about land of fruits and nuts

What does land of fruits and nuts mean?
Land of fruits and nuts means derogatory name for California: a state of the United States.
What part of speech is land of fruits and nuts?
Land of fruits and nuts is a proper noun.

Words near land of fruits and nuts in the dictionary

  1. Land o' the Leal
  2. land of a thousand hills
  3. Land of Cakes
  4. Land of Enchantment
  5. Land of Fire
  6. land of fruits and nuts
  7. Land of Israel
  8. Land of Liberty
  9. Land of Lincoln
  10. land of milk and honey
  11. land of Nod

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