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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southern Scotland south-southwest of Edinburgh. Robert Burns is buried here.
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- proper noun A
town inDumfries and Galloway ,Scotland
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ANDREW CAMPBELL, DUMFRIES GALLOWAY COUNCIL: And on behalf of Dumfries and Galloway Council, I want to thank you, everyone who helped and give me assurance that their efforts have been appreciated.
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Libyan Found Guilty of 1988 Pan Am Bombing - January 31, 2001 2001
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Mr. Miller, who was then member for the Dumfries boroughs, kindly represented the poverty of the poet and the increasing number of his family: Perry at once offered fifty pounds a year for any contributions he might choose to make to his newspaper: the reasons for his refusal are stated in this letter.] _Dumfries, Nov. 1794.
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The Town of Dumfries is looking for holiday parade judges.
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In the suburb of Summerhill in Dumfries, the majority of the streets have names with Burns connotations.
robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Police said they were called to the area of Naples Lane and Pine Bluff Drive in Dumfries on Wednesday morning just before 8 a.m.
Suspicious Pr. William man investigated Maria Glod 2010
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Out of the six Lodges in Dumfries, he joined the one which was the weakest.
robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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The Town of Dumfries is looking for holiday parade judges.
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His final resting place, the Burns Mausoleum, is also in Dumfries at St. Michaels Kirk.
robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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A traffic signal and crosswalk were already planned for Virginia Route 234 at the very spot a man was killed Friday in Dumfries (an accident I wrote about on Friday).
A long wait for safety on Route 234 David Alpert 2010
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So it seemed depressing that Labour held out in Dumfries, but as will happen so often in this election, there is no gain/no loss ....
Murray Tosh result explained Jeff 2007
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