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nutmegger noun[ C ] informal(also Nutmegger)uk /ˈnʌt.meɡ.ər/ us /ˈnʌt.meɡ.ɚ/ a name for someone from the US state of Connecticut: 肉豆蔻州人(康涅狄格州人的昵称) About 80 percent of nutmeggers live in or near cities.大约80%的肉豆蔻州人居住在城市里或城市附近。 Residents of the Nutmeg State (Connecticut) are often known as Nutmeggers. 肉豆蔻州(康涅狄格州)的居民通常被称为 "肉豆蔻州人"。 People in Connecticut are called nutmeggers. Nutmeggers are wondering why they have a $4 billion deficit. The nickname "nutmegger" comes from the legend that some Connecticut traders would carve "nutmeg" out of wood, creating a "wooden nutmeg" (a term which came to mean any fraud). |