Usually means: North Carolina's nickname, referencing settlers.
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  1. Tar Heel State: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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▸ noun:  The official nickname for the state of North Carolina in the United States of America.

Similar:
Old North State, North Carolina, N.C., Tobacco Road, NCTA, Tenn., n.s., CCCC, TNCA, A-State, more...

Opposite:
non-North Carolina, anti-Tar Heel State, non-Tar Heel State

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Similar:
Old North State, North Carolina, N.C., Tobacco Road, NCTA, Tenn., n.s., CCCC, TNCA, A-State, more...

Opposite:
non-North Carolina, anti-Tar Heel State, non-Tar Heel State



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