OKLAHOMA
ADJECTIVES
► OKIE pert. to Oklahoma or emigrants from that state → 1910s US sl.
NOUNS
► OKIE Oklahoma → 1967 US sl.
► OKIE-LAND Oklahoma → 1971 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ARKIE ► ARKY a farmer who fled the dust-storm region of the West, spec. Oklahoma during the 1930s → Amer. sl.
► OAKEY ► OAKIE ► OKIE a native or resident of Oklahoma; an Oklahoman made homeless during the Great Depression and seeking employment, esp. in California; any Southwestern migrant worker during the Great Depression; often used contemptuously → 1918 Amer. sl.
► POISON-OAKER a native of Oklahoma → 1969 Amer. dial.
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