Definition of Hoosier state

1. Noun. A state in midwestern United States.


Definition of Hoosier state

1. Proper noun. Indiana ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoosier State

Hooke
Hooke's atom
Hooke's gearing
Hooke's law
Hooker's green
Hooker's onion
Hooker's orchid
Hooker-Forbes test
Hookerian
Hookins
Hooman
Hoop
Hooray Henries
Hooray Henry
Hoosier
Hoosier State
Hoosiers
Hooson
Hoover
Hoover's sign
Hoover Dam
Hoovercrat
Hoovercrats
Hoovered
Hoovering
Hoovers
Hooverville
Hoovervilles
Hope
Hopedale

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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