nutmegger
noun [ C ] informal (also Nutmegger) uk/ˈnʌt.meɡ.ər/ us/ˈnʌt.meɡ.ɚ/
肉豆蔻州人(康涅狄格州人的昵称)
a name for someone from the US state of Connecticut
About 80 percent of nutmeggers live in or near cities. 大约80%的肉豆蔻州人居住在城市里或城市附近。
Residents of the Nutmeg State (Connecticut) are often known as Nutmeggers. 肉豆蔻州(康涅狄格州)的居民通常被称为 "肉豆蔻州人"。
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- People in Connecticut are called nutmeggers.
- Nutmeggers are wondering why they have a $4 billion deficit.
- The nickname "nutmegger" comes from the legend that some Connecticut traders would carve "nutmeg" out of wood, creating a "wooden nutmeg" (a term which came to mean any fraud).