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MASON AND DIXON LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mason and Dixon line mean? 

MASON AND DIXON LINE (noun)
  The noun MASON AND DIXON LINE has 1 sense:

1. the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil Warplay

  Familiarity information: MASON AND DIXON LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MASON AND DIXON LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mason-Dixon line; Mason and Dixon's line; Mason and Dixon line

Instance hypernyms:

state boundary; state line (the boundary between two states)


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