Scotland
['skɔtlənd]
Definition
(noun.) one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts.
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Examples
- You will not accompany me to Scotland then? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It had not got to this height in any part of Scotland before the Union. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That is in Scotland. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Many coal mines in Scotland are wrought in this manner, and can be wrought in no other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The spirit of party prevails less in Scotland than in England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- After Ireland came Scotland, where Cromwell shattered a Royalist army at the Battle of Dunbar (1650). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Telford was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1757, and died in Westminster in 1834. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A hospitality nearly of the same kind was exercised not many years ago in many different parts of the Highlands of Scotland. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In Britain, England carried on her back the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, Scotland, the profoundly alien Welsh and the hostile and Catholic Irish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have the honour to remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD CUFF (late sergeant in the Detective Force, Scotland Yard, London). Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I think we should call at Scotland Yard for Inspector Gregson, and go straight out to Beckenham. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The best kind of gas made from mineral substances is produced by the distillation of a bituminous shale, called Boghead coal, which was discovered a few years since in Scotland. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In most parts of Scotland, she is a good spinner who can earn twentypence a-week. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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