Definition of Old Line State

1. Noun. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Line State

Old Greek
Old Harry
Old Hickory
Old High German
Old IRA
Old Icelandic
Old Ionian
Old Ionic
Old Irish
Old Ironsides
Old Italian
Old Japanese
Old Javanese
Old Korean
Old Latin
Old Line State (current term)
Old London Town
Old Low Franconian
Old Maid
Old Marlburian
Old Master
Old Masters
Old Nick
Old Norman
Old Norse
Old North French
Old North State
Old Northern French
Old Norwegian
Old Occitan

Literary usage of Old Line State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1853)
"Upon no other occasion, for many years, has the Old Line State ticket received an absolute majority. • • A SENATOR. Ho'w was it at the last presidential ..."

2. The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase: United States Senator by Jacob William Schuckers (1874)
"Upon no other occasion, for many years, has the Old-line State ticket received an absolute majority." " I do not so highly value a seat here that I would ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Old Line State, a sobriquet for Maryland, because of the boundary-line, known as Mason and Dixon's line (q. ?/.), between it and Pennsylvania. ..."

4. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, d. 1904 (1904)
"Old Line State. The State of Maryland is so called with reference to the Mason and Dixon Line, which divides it from Pennsylvania. Old Man of the Mountain. ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Old Line State, a popular name for the State of Maryland, which in the early colonial days was the dividing line between the Crown land grants of William ..."

6. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Old Line State, suis. phr. (American).—Maryland. [From the OLD LINE regiments contributed to the Continental army in the War of the Révolution]. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things by Edward Latham (1904)
"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. A name given to the Bank of England, from its location in Threadneedle Street, London. Old Line State ..."

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