TarHeel

TarHeel
Tarheel [tär′hēl΄ ]
n.
Informal a person born or living in North Carolina, called the Tarheel State

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Tar Heel or Tar·heel (tärʹhēl') n.
A native or resident of North Carolina.
  [Perhaps from the tar that was once a major product of the state.]

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