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Definition of Pine tree state
1. Noun. A state in New England.
Terms within: Acadia National Park, Augusta, Capital Of Maine, Bangor, Brunswick, Lewiston, Orono, Portland, Penobscot, Penobscot River, Saint John, Saint John River, St. John, St. John River
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, New England
Derivative terms: Mainer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Tree State
Literary usage of Pine tree state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"Following his marriage, which occurred in the Pine Tree state, the father engaged
in the grocery business in Portland, where he remained until 1878, ..."
2. An Eastern Tour at Home by Joel Cook (1889)
"ENTERING THE PINE-TREE STATE. MUCH of the State of Maine is covered with forests,
and cutting and floating the logs down her great rivers and preparing ..."
3. The Story of My Life, Or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897)
"A Yankee from the pine tree state — We walk the Streets till Morning — The
Universal Yankee everywhere — Gay and Beautiful Paris — The Playground and the ..."
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