| 单词 | blue hen state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlue Hen State 2. More fully Blue Hen State. A nickname for: the state of Delaware. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Delaware blue hen1840 1840 Niles' Reg. 9 May 154/3 But the whigs of the revolution never ceased to boast of the Blue Hen and her chickens. 1867 Trübner's Amer. Lit. Rec. 1 Aug. [Delaware] is popularly known..as The Blue Hen or Diamond State. 1895 A. Hamilton Addr. in M. W. Stryker Hamilton, Lincoln & Other Addr. (1896) i. 20 First came dear little Delaware, the ‘blue hen’ with her chickens. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 10 Nov. 1 The most reliable information..from the Blue Hen state indicates [etc.]. 1916 Story of States 113 (heading) It's time the blue hen cackled. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. n6 On Saturday, the capital of the Blue Hen State turns shamrock green. < as lemmas |
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