Show Me State

/ʃoʊ mi steɪt/
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Definitions of Show Me State
  1. noun
    a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
    synonyms: MO, Missouri
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    American state
    one of the 50 states of the United States
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