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Tar Heels

Tar Heels is the plural of Tar Heel.

Meaning of Tar Heel

Noun

Tar Heel (plural Tar Heels)

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of North Carolinian.
    • I'm a Tar Heel born
      I'm a Tar Heel bred
      And when I die
      I'm a Tar Heel dead.
  2. (US, slang) A person associated with or supportive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    • Michael Jordan is one of many Tar Heel basketball standouts.

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Questions about Tar Heels

What is Tar Heels the plural of?
Tar Heels is the plural of Tar Heel.

Words near Tar Heels in the dictionary

  1. tar boils
  2. tar derby
  3. Tar Heel
  4. Tar Heel State
  5. Tar Heel Stater
  6. Tar Heels
  7. tar out
  8. tar paper
  9. tar papers
  10. tar pit
  11. tar pits

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