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Tar Heel State

American  

noun

  1. North Carolina (used as a nickname).


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North Carolina was second only to much, much larger California in the number of manufacturing jobs lost: According to one estimate, the Tar Heel State lost nearly half its jobs in that sector.

From Slate Oct. 10, 2024

In between, Kishida plans to have lunch at the governor’s mansion in a historic first for the Tar Heel State.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

Open carry of firearms is legal in the Tar Heel State without a permit, but a person must be 18 with no felony convictions to do so.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2024

Two fishermen recently hooked record-breaking catfish during separate angling adventures in the Tar Heel State this month.

From Fox News Jul. 28, 2020

It tells of the strange and mysterious adventures that happened to the Patrol in their trip through the "mountains of the sky" in the Moonshiners' Paradise of the old Tar Heel State, North Carolina.

From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Davis, J. Watson

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