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Sooner State

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the Sooner State

  1. Official nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.
    • 1943 August 16, “U.S. At War: Every Democrat for Himself”, in Time:
      Oklahoma has almost, but never quite elected a Republican Governor. But in national politics the Sooner State has twice strayed from the Democratic reservation (Harding and Hoover).