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Kentucky Chiefly U.S.|kɛnˈtʌkɪ|
Also Kentucke.
[From the name of the river; the original meaning of this is uncertain.]
One of the south-eastern United States, lying south of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi; used attrib. to designate things originating in, or connected with, this state.
Only a selection of collocations is given here: see D.A.E. and D.A. for fuller lists.
1785E. Denny Mil. Jrnl. (1859) 57 Our fleet now consists of..batteaux, besides two large flats called Kentucky boats. 1785[see coffee-tree 2]. 1811A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. III. 85 [The] Kentucky Warbler, Sylvia Formosa,..inhabits the country whose name it bears. 1832in A. Nicoll Hist. Eng. Drama 1660–1900 (1959) VI. 487 (title of play) The Kentucky Rifle; or, the horse and the murderer. 1835J. H. Ingraham South-West II. 175 The young Mississipian..dresses plainly,..often in pantaloons of Kentucky jean. 1849E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. II. 68 An earlier kind of grass than timothy, is the Spear grass, Meadow grass, or Kentucky blue grass. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 416 The Coffee-tree (Gymnocladus canadensis), often called Kentucky Coffee-tree, or Kentucky Locust, derives its name from the fact that in the days of early settlements the seeds were frequently used as a substitute for coffee. 1875Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Ky.) 18 May 4/3 The Kentucky Derby, a dash of 1½ miles for three-year olds. 1901Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXIX. i. 984 Several kilograms of Western Kentucky leaf, used mainly as ‘fillers’. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 49 The famous Kentucky blue grass (which won't grow without plenty of phosphorus). 1962R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 40 Lawyer vice-presidents were fast being substituted For the Kentucky colonels As executive heads of industry. 1966[see burgoo 2]. 1968Canad. Antiques Collector Aug. 11/1 Their gunsmiths developed and perfected the ‘Kentucky’ rifle, the accuracy and superiority of which was proven. 1972E. Thorpe Night I caught Santa Fé Chief xiv. 183, I went into the drug store and ordered Kentucky fried chicken. |