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Thenceforth the Missourians were called "Pukes," and the people of Illinois "Suckers."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various

I find here none of the barrenness and desolation characterizing the land of the ancient Pukes, and the climate is not so rigorous and thrilling as that of the country of the late Smugwumps.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose