Land of Steady Habits

English

Etymology

Allusion to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws of the early period.

Proper noun

Land of Steady Habits

1. (informal) Connecticut
   • 1889, Joel Cook, An Eastern Tour at Home:

     Sharp is the contrast between Connecticut and New York City. With a population scarcely one-fourth the millions of souls clustering around New York harbor, yet this “Land of Steady Habits” has always made the deeper impress among the character and policy of this country. The guiding hands and ingenious brains ruling New York business affairs are largely transplants from Connecticut and New England.

References

• “Land of Steady Habits”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.