nutmegger

plural nutmeggers

1. ball gamesOne who nutmegs.

   This makes the victim look so foolish that a foul inevitably follows, as the nutmegger is promptly clogged.

   2012, Stephen Wade, Passion for the Park: A Leeds Education

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   […] Archie Thompson, our five goal Grand Final hero, back from dancing the nutmegger suite three days earlier.

   2008, Andrew O'Keefe, Steve Vizard, The Best Australian Humorous Writing, page 216

plural Nutmeggers

1. A person from Connecticut.

   Slowly, since the mid-1950s when I became a Nutmegger, Connecticut has evolved into a food lover's paradise.

   2010, Patricia Brooks, Food Lovers' Guide to Connecticut: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants, and Events, [page http://books.google.com/books?id=0Z3C80ImmFMC&pg=PR9&dq=nutmegger ix]

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   CONNECTICUT NIGHT. Thursday night was assigned to the Nutmeggers, but the exercises could not begin until nearly nine o'clock, because the Luray and Antietam excursions did not arrive in camp on time.

   1886, Francis Henry Buffum, Sheridan's veterans: No. II, page 32

   Nutmegger? Baystater? College slider? A mid-week ticket at Otis Ridge, Mass., will cost you $10 on Tuesdays (for Connecticut residents) and Thursdays (for Massachusetts residents).

   1996 September, Dick Needham, “Side Tracks”, in Ski, page 19E

   A unifying characteristic of the Connecticut Yankee, however, is a propensity for inventiveness. Nutmeggers are historically known for both their intellectual abilities and their desire to have a little fun.

   2008, Fodor's New England, 28th edition, Random House Digital, [page http://books.google.com/books?id=jtT-EjyG-eYC&pg=PA274&dq=nutmegger 274]

   Synonyms: Connecticutensian, Connecticuter