Badger State

Badger State
Badger State Badger State Wisconsin; -- a nickname. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

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  • Badger State Trail — Der Badger State Trail ist ein 64 Kilometer langer sogenannter Vías Verdes in Wisconsin. Verlauf Der Badger State Trail verläuft zunächst von der Grenze zu Illinois über Clarno, Monroe (Anschluss an den Cheese Country Trail), Monticello… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Badger State Games — As of 2006, summer games:*5k/10k Run *Archery *Basketball *Bowling *Cycling Events *Disc Golf *Golf Events *Gymnastics *In line Racing *Lacrosse *Martial Arts *Racquetball *Roller Hockey *Rowing *Shotgun Shooting *Soccer Adult *Soccer Youth… …   Wikipedia

  • Badger State — noun a midwestern state in north central United States • Syn: ↑Wisconsin, ↑WI • Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state • Part Holonyms: ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Badger State — Wisconsin (used as a nickname). * * * …   Universalium

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  • badger — [baj′ər] n. pl. badgers or badger [16th c. term for earlier brock < bageard < ? ME bage,BADGE + ard, ARD, in allusion to white spot on face] 1. any of certain mammals of a family (Mustelidae) of burrowing carnivores (esp. genera Taxidea and …   English World dictionary

  • The Badger State — «барсучий штат». Официальное прозвище штата Висконсин. Происхождение прозвища связано с историей свинцовых рудников в штате. Подобно барсукам, рудокопы проводили большую часть времени под землей. Презрительное прозвище Badger «барсук»,… …   Словарь топонимов США

  • Badger game — The badger game is an extortion scheme, often perpetrated on married men, in which the victim or mark is tricked into a compromising position to make him vulnerable to blackmail.There are two competing explanations for the origin of the term… …   Wikipedia

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