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Definition of Old north state
1. Noun. A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies.
Terms within: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras, Hatteras Island, Capital Of North Carolina, Raleigh, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Queen City, Durham, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville, Wilmington, Winston-salem, Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cape Fear River, Pee Dee, Pee Dee River
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, South, Carolina, Carolinas
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old North State
Literary usage of Old north state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE old north state A TOAST By MRS. LEONORA MONTEIRO MARTIN [Written for a banquet
of the North Carolina Society of Richmond, Virginia, May 20, 1904. ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1864)
"Defend, defend, the old North State forever, Defend, defend, the good old North
State. Oh ! think of the maidens, the wives, and the mothers ; Flv ye to the ..."
3. A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration, 1865-1868 by John Townsend Trowbridge (1868)
"A GLIMPSE OF THE old north state. THE next day I entered North Carolina.
Almost immediately on crossing the State line, a change of scene was perceptible. ..."
4. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... a responsible one at this party crisis ; for in the solid " old north state,"
as in Virginia, politics at this period moved all men to unwonted passion, ..."
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