英语词汇blue hen state的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	blue hen state
词源	Blue Hen State. A nickname for Delaware (see blue hen’s chickens). Delaware has also been called the Diamond State, Uncle Sam’s Pocket Handkerchief (due to its small size), and New Sweden, after the 1638 settlement of Swedes there in Nye Sverige.
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