| 单词 | little rhody |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittle Rhody A nickname for: the state of Rhode Island. Chiefly in Little Rhody. ΚΠ 1825 Niles' Weekly Reg. 17 Dec. 241/1 One of the senators from ‘Little Rhody’. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 279/1 ‘Little Rhody’ is ready with her contribution, and it has amused us mightily. 1861 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 18 Apr. (heading) Bully for ‘Rhody’... Volunteers are coming in rapidly from all parts of the State. 1903 A. M. Heston Story of Slave 6 New Jersey was surpassed by Rhode Island—‘little Rhodie’—in the magnitude of her importations from Africa. 1922 H. C. Hill Community Life & Civic Probl. iii. 58 Rhode Island, always noted for her peculiarities,—‘stubborn Rhody’ she was called,—alone had no school system as late as the Revolutionary War. 2006 J. Groff in A. Gurwitch Fired! 108 Providence, the capital of Rhode Island, ‘Little Rhody’, the smallest state in the Union. < as lemmas |
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