Old Line State
Official nickname for Maryland: a state of the United StatesOfficial nickname for Maryland: a state of the United States.
» Mennad grew up in the old Confederate states.
Meaning
1 sensesOfficial nickname for Maryland: a state of the United States.
Examples
3 sentencesMennad grew up in the old Confederate states.
Mennad spent his youth in the old Confederate states.
An old expression states "He sold a flourishing garden for an old plot."
Origin
Alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is the Mason-Dixon line.Alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is the Mason-Dixon line.
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