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Gretna Green

noun

  1. a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married.


Gretna Green

/ ˈɡrɛtnə /

noun

  1. a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop: 2705 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The old romantic interest once attached to Gretna Green is now fast becoming a thing of the past.

We left Carlisle at a little past eleven, and within the half hour were at Gretna Green.

Carlisle and its famous castle, and Gretna-Green, are more in the interior.

Soon we came to the village and the post-office of Gretna Green, bristling with picture post cards.

"Gretna Green," Basil answered with such prompt decision that Aline was surprised.

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