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Definition of Hoosier state
1. Noun. A state in midwestern United States.
Group relationships: Corn Belt, Middle West, Midwest, Midwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: American State
Terms within: Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Capital Of Indiana, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Muncie, South Bend, Wabash, Wabash River
Definition of Hoosier state
1. Proper noun. Indiana ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoosier State
Literary usage of Hoosier state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"Popular name, " The hoosier state." ILLINOIS. Illinois is the third state formed
from the old Northwestern territory, and possesses an extreme length, ..."
2. Rand McNally & Co.'s Pocket Atlas of the World: Containing Colored Maps of by Rand McNally and Company (1887)
""hoosier state." Area. 36350 square miles; extreme length, 276 miles; average
breadth, 140 miles; shore line on Lake Michigan, 40 miles. ..."
3. Order of Reference of the Supreme Court of the United States: In the Case of by Reuben Hyde Walworth, United States Supreme Court (1851)
"Ans. The highest chimneys we ever built, to my knowledge. were the chimneys of
the hoosier state. Those of the Louisiana may have been a ring or two higher; ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1840 Why have we witnessed manifestations of what must here, I suppose, be called
chivalry, but which, in the hoosier State, the boys would call ..."
5. The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, 1884-85 by Herbert S. Fairall (1885)
"Thou proud old hoosier state! we honor thee The central figure of our grand ...
While, too, I cheerfully sustain your claim that the hoosier state has ..."
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