Hoosierdom

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noun

The world or sphere of Hoosiers.

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Meanings

nounHoosierdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe world or sphere of Hoosiers.

    The hero of Hoosierdom through

    1860, Jesse Hutchinson, “Lincoln and Liberty”
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    Let’s sing a song of Hoosierdom

    1895 May 28, Deamor R. Drake, “Hoosierdom”, in Indiana School Journal, volume XL, number 5, page 268

    [S]he pointedly remarked that they had just moved to the city a month previous, that they were dissatisfied, and would return to Hoosierdom in June.

    1905 May 21, “Woes of Tax Assessor Many and Laughable. By a Deputy.”, in Worker’s Magazine: For the Man Who Works with Hand or Brain (The Sunday Plain Dealer), Cleveland, Oh., →OCLC, page [4], column 4

    It was an achievement which cast forever upon our Hoosierdom the ruddy glow of one of the most heroic episodes of all the history of mankind.

    1926 December 21, Ross F. Lockridge, “George Rogers Clark, Hero of the Northwest”, in Indian History Bulletin, volume IV, number 4, Indiana Historical Society, page 71

Origin

From Hoosier + -dom.

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