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Blue hen state
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What's The Definition Of Blue hen state?Synonyms | Synonyms for Blue hen state: Related Terms | Find terms related to Blue hen state: See Also | Blue hen state In Webster's Dictionary \Blue Hen State\
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.
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