Bluegrass State

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bluegrass State
    n 1: a state in east central United States; a border state
         during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race
         horses [syn: {Kentucky}, {Bluegrass State}, {KY}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blue-grass State \Blue-grass State\
   The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the
   blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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