War Between the States

American  

noun

1. the American Civil War: used especially in the South.

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War Between the States British  

noun

1. the American Civil War

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Example Sentences

I know lots of people are fearing the worst right now, as there is endless talk of a war between the states.

From Literature

The American Civil War was sometimes referred in the South as the War Between the States, and, later, the War of Northern Aggression.

From Los Angeles Times

In that handbook’s pages VMI had responded to its legal loss to federal authorities by reverting to turn-of-the-century rhetoric, referring to “The War Between the States,” even though Rat Bibles had talked about “the Civil War” as far back as 1922.

From Slate

It’s already turning into a virtual war between the states.

From Los Angeles Times

Beautiful Crescent drops the pretense of continental sophistication when it turns to the “War Between the States.”

From Slate