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Hoosierize
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English
Etymology
From en Hoosier ize.
Verb
en transitive To adapt to the norms of the Hoosiers.
en-US Now Pledge to Hoosierize Your Kitchen 78 The Saturday Evening Post 190 3 1918-01-05
en He made a few marginal attempts in pencil to modernize and Hoosierize the phrasing reached the middle, and blew up. 103 Part One: As I Seem to Me America Moved: Booth Tarkington's Memoirs of Time and Place, 1869–1928 Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington Jeremy Beer 9781625648433 Wipf & Stock Publishers 1941-08 2015
en-US You don’t de-Hoosierize a Hoosier by setting him down in Wall Street or La Salle Street or Champs Elysees. Most likely, he will Hoosierize the street. A762 E. Ross Adair E. Ross Adair 1954-02-02 Hoosiers Everywhere Congressional Record
en Indiana, USA