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Land of Steady Habits

Land of Steady Habits proper noun: nickname for Connecticut: a state of the United States.

Proper noun

the Land of Steady Habits

  1. (informal) Nickname for Connecticut: a state of the United States.
    • Sharp is the contrast between Connecticut and New York City. With a population scarcely one-fourth the millions of souls clustering around New York harbor, yet this “Land of Steady Habits” has always made the deeper impress among the character and policy of this country. The guiding hands and...1889, Joel Cook, An Eastern Tour at Home

Origin of Land of Steady Habits

Allusion to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws of the early period.

Questions about Land of Steady Habits

What does Land of Steady Habits mean?
Land of Steady Habits means nickname for Connecticut: a state of the United States.
What part of speech is Land of Steady Habits?
Land of Steady Habits is a proper noun.

Words near Land of Steady Habits in the dictionary

  1. land of opportunity
  2. land of plenty
  3. Land of Punt
  4. Land of Smiles
  5. Land of Song
  6. Land of Steady Habits
  7. Land of the Ascendant Sun
  8. Land of the Dragon
  9. land of the free
  10. Land of the Leal
  11. land of the living

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