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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun South Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.
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- proper noun
South Carolina
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
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Examples
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Unlike our neighbors, North Carolina and Georgia, where the race is tight enough to squeak, the Palmetto State is a GOP goner.
Linda Hansen: McCain, McCountry, McChristians and McBigots 2008
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The Palmetto State would be the opportunity for one candidate to break out, unite all those South Carolina conservatives, and make this a race.
Romney's Rivals Fizzle in South Carolina Kimberley A. Strassel 2012
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Tomorrow - Monday: Because dressing up in pastel polo shirts and weird fabric belts isn't quite the same in his Oklahoma district, John Sullivan heads to the Palmetto State for his "Annual Charleston Weekend."
HUFFPOST HILL - Democrats Give In Two Weeks In Advance Eliot Nelson 2011
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While the South Carolina polls show Romney is at 31%, Gingrich is getting ready to welcome him to the Palmetto State with a barrage of negative ads, in particular attacks on his affinity for "firing people" when he was with Bain Capital.
David Leopold: Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement David Leopold 2012
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Tomorrow - Monday: Because dressing up in pastel polo shirts and weird fabric belts isn't quite the same in his Oklahoma district, John Sullivan heads to the Palmetto State for his "Annual Charleston Weekend."
HUFFPOST HILL - Democrats Give In Two Weeks In Advance Eliot Nelson 2011
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Palmetto State lawmakers were more than happy to take the company up on its offer.
The Union Martyr Mark Lewis 2011
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Jon Ward: But the import of what was happening in the Palmetto State, if it is true that some potential Huckabee campaign workers are being set free, may be that Huckabee is letting them go snatch up operatives who were working for Mississippi Gov.
HUFFPOST HILL - Honest-To-God Democrat Might Lead Pentagon Eliot Nelson 2011
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The Palmetto State argued that since the North had enacted laws that “nullify the Acts of Congress” and rescinded its constitutional obligations to return fleeing slaves property, “the compact had been deliberately broken.”
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Rick Perry, who gained favor in the Palmetto State by announcing his campaign in Charleston; and Rep. Michele Bachmann R., Minn., who had spent a full three weeks in South Carolina.
Candidates on Right Look to South Carolina Valerie Bauerlein 2012
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Plus, Dyke lives in South Carolina and knows Palmetto State politics intimately well.
The top six free-agent 2012 GOP operatives Chris Cillizza 2011
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