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Definition of Tar heel 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
Definition of Tar heel state
1. Proper noun. (American English) North Carolina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tar Heel State
Literary usage of Tar heel state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is found in many cough mixtures and its vapor is frequently inhaled for
pulmonary troubles. tar heel state, a popular nickname applied to North Carolina ..."
2. Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians (1898)
"The old " tar-heel " State, on the 16th of May, 1771, in the Battle of Alamance
... Oh, modest tar-heel State, in the slang of the newly-discovered country, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tar heel state, a popular nickname applied to North Carolina (qv). TARA, ta'ra,
Ireland, a hill in County Meath, six miles east of Trim. ..."
4. Naval Stores: History, Production, Distribution and Consumption by Thomas Gamble (1921)
"... known elsewhere on this continent, giving to its people the distinctive
sobriquet of "Tar hee'ers," and their commonwealth that of the "tar heel state. ..."
5. Naval Stores: History, Production, Distribution and Consumption by Thomas Gamble (1921)
"... known elsewhere on this continent, giving to its people the distinctive
sobriquet of "Tar hee'ers," and their commonwealth that of the "tar heel state. ..."
6. Kickstart Initiative: Connecting America's Communities to the Information by Delano E. Lewis (1997)
"A former North Carolina legislator once described the tar heel state as having
islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty. State officials believe that the ..."
7. The Afro-American Press and Its Editors by Irvine Garland Penn (1891)
"Mr. Smith may be regarded as a pioneer journalist of the ,'Tar Heel" state, and
is certain to do credit to himself and to his race in any position he may ..."
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