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Alabama; -- a nickname.

South Dakota; -- a nickname.

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5.

(Pronounced kra`po") As a proper name, Johnny Crapaud, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman.

Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole, n. & a.

A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]

Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size.

A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright.

An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [Obs.]

New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.

Georgia; -- a nickname.

Missouri; -- a nickname.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of L. floridus, from florida flowery. See Florid.

California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican of the lowest type. [Low, U. S.]