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Corn-cracker State
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Corn cracker State Corncracker State
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en Corn cracker State
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en An unofficial <<@nickname for:Kentucky>>, a <<state>> of the <<c/USA>>.
en 2000 Steven A. Channing Encyclopedia of Kentucky https://books.google.ca/books?id=Jhf4DaW0goQC&pg=PA3&dq=%22corn-cracker+state%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TXclVdmSNcTmsAX0r4H4Cg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22corn-cracker%20state%22&f=false 3 9780403097401 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.