The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palmetto State
Palmetto State \Palmetto State\ prop. n. South Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.
Usage examples of "palmetto state".
Massachusetts and South Carolina may draw tears from the eyes of our tender-hearted President by walking arm in arm into his Philadelphia Convention, but a citizen of Massachusetts is still an alien in the Palmetto State.