English

Alternative forms

• Corncracker State
• Corn cracker State

Proper noun

Corn-cracker State

1. An unofficial nickname for the state of Kentucky in the United States of America.
   • 2000, Steven A. Channing, Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ISBN 9780403097401, p. 3 (Google books):

     The five sobriquets by which Kentucky is designated are: the Blue Grass State, the Corn-cracker State, the Dark and Bloody Ground State, the Hemp State, and the Tobacco State.