Indianian
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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In the middle of this muddle sits General Hershey, another Indianian who began his education in one-room Hell's Point School in the northeast corner of the state.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1940 he nominated fellow Indianian Wendell Willkie for the presidency.
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When he had done, an Indianian, Mr. Roscoe Carpenter of Indianapolis, was conducted to the rostrum, where he soon pronounced the purpose for which the company was gathered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thomas Taggart, boss Democrat of Indiana, likes to take his delegates to the national conventions lined up behind one Indianian whom they more or less seriously advance for nomination.
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He also asserts that the Kentuckians maintained that the nickname expresses the exclamation of an Indianian when he knocks at a door and exclaims "Who's yere?"
From The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Dunn, Jacob Piatt
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