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He was forty-six, a short stocky Lowland Scot from Jedburgh (hence his name), whose plain common sense had appealed to my uncle after the turmoil stirred up by an arrogant predecessor.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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He was forty-six, a short stocky Lowland Scot from Jedburgh (hence his name), whose plain common sense had appealed to my uncle after the turmoil stirred up by an arrogant predecessor.
To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996
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Had Hamish been a Lowland Scot, he would have confronted Priscilla and Peter, or, at least, have phoned her later to tell her what he thought of her.
Death of a Charming Man Beaton, M. C. 1994
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Had Hamish been a Lowland Scot, he would have confronted Priscilla and Peter, or, at least, have phoned her later to tell her what he thought of her.
Death of a Charming Man Beaton, M. C. 1994
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Lowland Scot, hard as nails, with uncouth speech and a savage fighting instinct.
The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919
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The contrast between the churches of England and Scotland is the more remarkable when it is considered that the North of England was the stronghold of Catholicism, and that the Lowland Scot, next door to the counties of the Northern Earls who rose against Elizabeth, flew to the opposite extreme and embraced Protestantism in its most pronounced form.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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Thus, two hundred and fifty years before Burns, the Lowland Scot was minded that “A man's a man for a 'that!”
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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Scottish by descent, and from my experience of what the Lowland Scot can do in the way of pathos when he lets himself go, I take leave to doubt that the Manxman was wholly to blame.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Lowland Scot, he did not see why his son should take up with Toryism,
Dr. Johnson and His Circle John Cann Bailey 1897
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Scotus, probably a Lowland Scot, who taught at Paris and died at
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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