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| | The Word Hoosier |
 | | The real problem of the derivation of the word "hoosier," is not a question of the origin of a word formed to designate the State of Indiana and its people, but of the origin of a slang term widely in huse in the South, signifying an uncouth rustic. |
 | | In later editions of the work it appears as "Hoosier." The original spelling suggests that the word had not yet been often seen in print, and, as Dunn says, "several years passed before the spelling became fixed in its present form." In fact it is seen as Hoosier, Hoosher and Hooshier in early spellings. |
 | | Occasionally stories link the origin of Indiana's nickname to "Hoosier Bait" ("a kind of gingerbread," according to Dunn) or "Hoosier cake" ("a Western name for a sort of coarse gingerbread," again according to Dunn, "which, say the Kentuckians, is the best bait to catch a hoosier with, the biped being fond of it."). |
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