Definition of Show Me State

1. Noun. A midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union.


Definition of Show Me State

1. Proper noun. A nickname of the US state of Missouri. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Shoshonian language
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Shover
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Shrewsbury cake
Shrewsbury cakes
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Literary usage of Show Me State

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

1. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"... over the face of Europe, as I have constantly done, he encounters the lads from the 'Show-me' state ; the cognomen is known even over here, everywhere. ..."

2. Press Reference Library by International News Service (1915)
"... husking corn and performing other feats on some cultivated acres, even though the latter be situated in the Show- Me State of Missouri, to an attorney ..."

3. Press Reference Library (Southwest Ed.) ...: Being the Portraits and by Los Angeles examiner, Los Angeles (1912)
"And from milking cows at daybreak, husking corn and performing other feats on some cultivated acres, even though the latter be situated in the Show-Me State ..."

4. Daily Geography Practice by Sandi Johnson (2004)
"Challenge Missouri has several nicknames—Cave State, Mother of the West, Ozark State, and the Show Me State. You have been assigned to promote tourism in ..."

5. Mr. Foley of Salmon: A Story of Life in a California Village by John Joseph Curran (1907)
"He is from Missouri, the 'show me' State. I voice his sentiments in greeting you. The public, irrespective of nationality, creed or politics, welcomes you," ..."

6. Press Reference Library: Notables of the Southwest, Being the Portraits and (1912)
"And from milking cows at daybreak, husking corn and performing other feats on some cultivated acres, even though the latter be situated in the Show-Me State ..."

7. Domestic Preparedness in the New Millennium: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Jeff Sessions (2002)
"... so it is a "show me" State here. Appropriate response plans which have been tested through realistic drills need to be implemented prior to an event ..."

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