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Mason-Dixon Line

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1. Mason-Dixon Line - Noun

2. Mason-Dixon Line - Proper noun

Meaning

the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War

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Examples

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general. Robert Duvall

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich. Robert Duvall

Oates, p. 226. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter rallied Americans north of the Mason-Dixon line to the defense of the American nation. Source: Internet

Experiencing both Detroit and the Jim Crow South gave Covington what she described as a “dual raising” offering unique views of racism from each side of the Mason-Dixon Line. Source: Internet

Now, with all the improvements it’s almost as if I haven’t left the spot where I ran out of steam many, many years ago in my run for upward mobility and stalled out seven miles from the Mason-Dixon line in the heart of Yuppieland. Source: Internet

The stone comes from six states, on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Source: Internet

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