DELAWARE
NOUNS
► BLUE HEN the state of Delaware → 1830 US
► BLUE HEN STATE the state of Delaware → 1897 US
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN a resident of Delaware → 1840 Amer. dial.
► MOOR a member of a racially mixed people living in central Delaware and southern New Jersey → 1888 Amer. dial.
► MUSHRAT an inhabitant of Delaware → 1920 US sl.
► MUSKRAT an inhabitant of a low-lying district, esp. the state of Delaware, or the St Clair Flats, Michigan → 1823 US colloq., usually derogatory
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