PENNSYLVANIA
NOUNS
► ARCH-STONE STATE Pennsylvania → 1840 US sl.
► BIG PRETZEL, THE Philadelphia → 20C US sl.
► CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE Philadelphia → 1799 US sl.
► ILLADELPHIA Philadelphia → 2000s African-American al.
► KEYSTONE STATE Pennsylvania → 1963 Amer. dial.
► PENNSY Pennsylvania; the Pennsylvania rail route → 1920s US sl.
► PHIL Philadelphia → 20C US sl.
► PHILLY Philadelphia → 20C US sl.
► QUAKER CITY Philadelphia → 1844 US sl.
► QUAKERTOWN Philadelphia → 20C US sl.
► SLEEPY TOWN Philadelphia → 20C US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► COAL CRACKER a resident of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania → 1997 US sl.
► LOGGERHEAD a Pennsylvanian → 1888 US sl.
► MOYA MENSINGS a band of Philadelphia rowdies; at another time they were called shifflers → 1889 US sl. (Bk.)
► NEPPY a person from northeast Philadelphia → 1996 US sl.
► YINZER ► YUNZER a person who lives in or near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, esp. one who has characteristic local dialect features → 1994 Amer. dial.
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