Definition of Nutmeg State

1. Noun. A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutmeg State

Nuremberg defense
Nuremberg defenses
Nureyev
Nuristani
Nuristanis
Nurnberg
Nurse Ratched
Nusa Tenggara
Nusantara
Nusayri
Nusayris
Nusku
Nussbaum's experiment
Nutcracker
Nutella
Nutmeg State (current term)
Nutmegger
Nutmeggers
Nuttall
Nuttall's oak
Nuttall oak
Nuttallia
Nutter
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuuk
Nuxálk
Nuyorican
Nuyoricans
Nuytsia
Nuytsia floribunda

Literary usage of Nutmeg State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1900)
"... that 1400 Troops were in Albany and that All of the Nutmeg State Militia were Ready to March at a Moment's Notice. (Copy) Lebanon, 1st August 1777. ..."

2. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"Connecticut—Nutmeg State, Wooden Nutmeg State, Free Stone State, Land of Steady Habits. Delaware—Diamond State, Blue Hen State. Florida— Peninsula State. ..."

3. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1892)
"Connecticut—Nutmeg State, Wooden Nutmeg State, Free Stone State, Land of Steady Habits. Delaware—Diamond State, Blue Hen State. Florida—Peninsula State. ..."

4. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1861)
"CONNECTICUT —Mr. DN Camp, State Superintendent and Principal of the Normal School, had the pleasure and honor of representing the Nutmeg State. ..."

5. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Not only is Connecticut called the NUTMEG State— although a factious native says ... Still give me the Nutmeg State—Where shall we find a grater-t NUTSHELL. ..."

6. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"The nickname is ' the Wooden Nutmeg State,' or 'Nutmeg State,' from a trick played by one of its 'cute ones, who sold imitation nutmegs made of wood as real ..."

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