New England
noun
an area in the NE United States, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
New Englandish
-
a word derived from
New England.
Example Sentences
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Between the bank of the Choptank River and the village green in leisurely, New Englandish Denton, Md., stands the Caroline County Jail.
From Time Magazine Archive
His nearest affinity is Turner, though a more restrained and New Englandish Turner.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tall, leisurely, very New Englandish, smooth-shaven young man, now coming decidedly grey just over the ears.
From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday
Northern Ohio is more New Englandish than Southern Ohio, and the parallel holds good in Northern and Southern Illinois.
From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Thomas Wallace Knox
