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Michigan|ˈmɪʃɪgən|
a. The name of the State on the Great Lakes of North America, used attrib. to denote a thing or type found in, peculiar to, or characteristic of Michigan.
1835C. Bradley in Ohio Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. Publ. (1966) XV. 257 My conquered enemy was the massassagua, the Michigan rattlesnake. 1838State of Indiana Delineated (J. H. Colton & Co.) 26 A rail road is located from Madison to Indianapolis, and the great Michigan road through the state commences here. 1855‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says xii. 97 One was afflicted with the measles, and the other had the Michigan itch. 1857Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. III. 496 For this purpose [sc. subsoiling] the Michigan double or subsoil plow is used. 1884G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals 505 The Michigan Grayling..is at present most interesting to the angler. 1900Atlantic Monthly LXXXV. 102/2 Heavy horses or oxen draw a brace of huge wheels for hauling. (This is the Michigan buggy.) 1922H. Titus Timber 12 Didn't Michigan Pine build th' corn belt? 1932Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 31/5 Michigan roll, a bankroll..of stage money with a genuine banknote..outside. 1955Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxiv. 116 If the bundle consists largely of small bills, it is called a michigan bankroll, or a mish. 1962E. Lucia Klondike Kate ix. 195 It proved to be a Michigan bank roll, for the only ten[-dollar bill] was on the outside, all the others being ones. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 105 Michigan rig, a double-bottom rig out of Michigan, where such combinations are legal.
b. U.S. A card game similar to Newmarket.
1944A. H. Morehead Pocket Bk. Games 80 Michigan is a simple game, yet rewards careful attention. 1946‘L. Ford’ Honolulu Story 176 ‘I want to play hearts. On the floor.’ ‘Michigan,’ Mary said. ‘Michigan it is.’ 1952E. Kempson et al. Hoyle Up-to-Date 215 (heading) Stops family. Newmarket (Boodle, Newmarket, Chicago, Saratoga, Michigan, Stops). 1972R. Harbin Waddingtons Family Card Games 110 In the USA, Newmarket is known as Michigan, or Chicago, or Boodle, or Stops; and they play it slightly differently. But I think that our name, and our rules, are better. 1974W. B. Gibson Hoyle's Mod. Encycl. Card Games 161 Michigan, a modern game of the ‘stops’ type, played with a standard fifty-two-card pack, with cards running in ascending value. Ibid. 164 New Market, the English counterpart of Michigan.., the only difference being that the extra hand, or ‘widow’, is never taken up for play but is ‘dead’ from start to finish. |