Dumfriesshire

/ -ʃə; dʌmˈfriːsˌʃɪə /

noun

1. (until 1975) a county in S Scotland, on the Solway Firth, now part of Dumfries and Galloway

Example Sentences

Day four has been described as his "toughest day" as he navigates through Dumfriesshire into Lanarkshire on "tricky rural terrain".

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Paul Taylor, 56, from Annan, Dumfriesshire, went missing last October and his remains were found in woodland near Carlisle, Cumbria, in May.

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Paul Taylor, 57, from Annan, Dumfriesshire, went missing last October, with his remains found in a shallow grave in woodland near Carlisle, Cumbria, in May.

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Robson, from Moffat in Dumfriesshire, announced 18,995 players at The Open.

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The story begins on the morning of 27 August 2003, when an old VW Golf GTI drove through the Dumfriesshire countryside and pulled up outside Drumlanrig Castle, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch - one of the richest men in the country.

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