Definition of Gopher State

1. Noun. A midwestern state.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gopher State

Googles
Googling
Gooner
Gooners
Gooniyandi
Goori
Gooris
Goormaghtigh
Goormaghtigh's cells
Goosey Night
Goosnargh
Gopala
Gopalan's syndrome
Gopalganj District
Gopher State (current term)
Gopherus
Gopherus polypemus
Goran
Gorbachev
Gorbachevian
Gorbymania
Gordian
Gordian knot
Gordian knots
Gordie
Gordie Howe hat trick
Gordie Howe hat tricks
Gordimer

Literary usage of Gopher State

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

1. Our Minnesota: A History for Children by Hester McLean Pollock (1917)
"... THE Gopher State THE people of the United States have always been fond of nicknames and almost every State in -the Union has one, often coming from some ..."

2. Agricultural Resources & Environmental Indicators edited by Margot Anderson (1998)
"University of Minnesota and the Consortium for International Crop Protection, Ted Radcliffe's Gopher State IPM Site (http://www.ent.agri.umn.edu/academ- ..."

3. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"University of Minnesota and the Consortium for International Crop Protection, Ted Radcliffe's Gopher State IPM Site (http://www.ent.agri.umn .edu/academ- ..."

4. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"... which is frequently called the Wolverine state, and Wisconsin, the Badger state, Minnesota has a favorite sobriquet or nickname, the Gopher state. ..."

5. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"Minnesota—Gopher State. Mississippi—Bayou State. Missouri—Pennsylvania of the West. Nebraska . Nevada—Sage Hen State. New Hampshire—Granite State. ..."

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