THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS, subs. phr. (American).—Connecticut: see STATE NICKNAMES. [BARTLETT: ‘On account of the staid deportment and excellent morals of the people.’]
1896. LILLARD, Poker Stories, iii. The most interesting jack-pot in the history of the game, as she is played in THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS, has been raked into the coffers of the Goddess of Justice in a lively Connecticut borough.
