BREWER: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 41-42

American State Nicknames:

Alabama are lizards.
Arkansas ' toothpicks
California ' gold-hunters.
Colorado ' rovers.
Connecticut ' wooden nutmegs.
Delaware ' musk rats.
Florida ' fly-up-the-creeks.
Georgia ' buzzards.
Illinois ' suckers.
Indiana ' hoosiers.
Iowa ' hawk-eyes.
Kansas ' jay-hawkers.
Kentucky ' corn-crackers.
Louisiana ' creoles.
Maine ' foxes.
Maryland ' craw-thumpers.
Michigan ' wolverines.
Minnesota ' gophers.
Missippi ' tadpoles.
Missouri ' pukes.
Nebraska ' bug-eaters.
Nevada ' sage-hens.
New Hampshire ' granite-boys.
New Jersey ' Blues or clam-catchers.
New York ' knickerbockers.
North Carolina ' tar-boilers or Tuckoes.
Ohio ' buck-eyes.
Oregon ' web-feet or hard cases.
Pennsylvania ' Pennamites or Leather-heads.
Rhode Island ' gun-flints.
South Carolina ' weasels.
Tennessee ' whelps.
Texas ' beef-heads.
Vermont ' green-mountain boys.
Virginia ' beadies.
Wisconsin ' badgers.