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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

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

Some states, including South Carolina, have been more successful recently at buying shells than North Carolina because the Tar Heel State has a limit on how much it can spend.

From Seattle Times Aug. 29, 2022

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

From Fox News Jul. 28, 2020

Man has done more for France, it seems to me, than for the Tar Heel State, and the cities of Asheville and Paris are widely different.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

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