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Definition of Palmetto state
1. Noun. A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies.
Geographical relationships: Battle Of Cowpens, Cowpens
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, South, Deep South, Carolina, Carolinas
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Terms within: Capital Of South Carolina, Columbia, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Pee Dee, Pee Dee River, Savannah, Savannah River
Definition of Palmetto state
1. Proper noun. South Carolina ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmetto State
Literary usage of Palmetto state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"... boat ' palmetto state,' I baptize thee, in the name of the patriotic ladies
of South-Carolina. Amen." Captain Ingraham : As commander of this naval ..."
2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Action in the " Palmetto " State —Anti-National and Defiant.-Pacific Proposals
Scouted.—A Political Dinner in Washington. ..."
3. The American Crisis: Or, Pages from the Note-book of a State Agent During by John Lewis Peyton (1867)
"... Bishop of Virginia—Southern Landscapes—Oriental Aspect and Appearance of the
Capital of the palmetto state. ON either side of the railway that took me, ..."
4. The Americans at Home: Pen-and-ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and by David Macrae (1870)
"PERSONAL NOTES FROM THE palmetto state. THE Chair of Mathematics in the South
Carolina University at Columbia is occupied by General EP Alexander ..."
5. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"Popular name, " palmetto state."* GEORGIA. Georgia, the most remotely south of
any of the original thirteen states, has an extreme length from ..."
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