blue hen state

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Определение blue hen state в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

The State of Delaware; a popular sobriquet

It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware

Связанные Термины

blue state

A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general

Расстановка переносов

Blue hen state

Турецкое произношение

blu hen steyt

Произношение

/ˈblo͞o ˈhen ˈstāt/ /ˈbluː ˈhɛn ˈsteɪt/