to require proof; to have to be shown (something). (From the nickname for the state of Missouri, the Show Me State.) • You'll have to prove it to me. I'm from Missouri. • She's from Missouri and has to be shown.
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adj. phr., slang Doubtful; suspicious. Don't try to fool me. I'm from Missouri.
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from Missouri, I'm I'm extremely skeptical so you'll have to prove it. For example, You won the lottery? Come on, I'm from Missouri. The full expression, I'm from Missouri and you'll have to show me, dates from about 1880. Some authorities believe it alludes to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, whereby Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and slavery was forbidden in certain other areas, but the connection, if any, is not clear.
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