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- proper noun Any of a number of places in the U.K. and Canada, including a village in the Scottish Borders region.
- proper noun A habitational
surname .
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Examples
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A PRIVATE FUNCTION $17.97; Image -- Despite the great Alan Bennett's involvement and a cast that can't be faulted -- Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Eliott, Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman and so on -- this is pretty minor fare about post-war England and how food rationing has turned a black market pig into a treasure that everyone will beg borrow or steal to acquire.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Birdemic -- The Worst Movie Of The Year? Michael Giltz 2011
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Look at the Serco-Denholm PFI, worth more than £1bn, where the building of 29 hi-tech tugs and auxiliary vessels to serve the Royal Navy will take place in Dutch and Romanian yards.
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A PRIVATE FUNCTION $17.97; Image -- Despite the great Alan Bennett's involvement and a cast that can't be faulted -- Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Eliott, Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman and so on -- this is pretty minor fare about post-war England and how food rationing has turned a black market pig into a treasure that everyone will beg borrow or steal to acquire.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Birdemic -- The Worst Movie Of The Year? Michael Giltz 2011
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Also bothers me that the Ray Winstone character seems to be some sort of replacement for the late Denholm Elliott.
Final Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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After Thanksgiving, Helen had taken a seasonal job at Denholm & McKay department store.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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After Thanksgiving, Helen had taken a seasonal job at Denholm & McKay department store.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Mrs. Denholm next door pretends to get her mail even though it is Sunday, peering my way and no doubt thrilled that shes caught me in a shocking display of teen alcohol consumption.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Mrs. Denholm is watering her plantsi.e., spying on us.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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The air smells like juniper and roses and warm cement, and Mrs. Denholm next door has her sprinkler on already, one of those old-fashioned sorts that look like a miniature fountain and only cover a three by three area, and Buddy, the Yeslers golden retriever, follows me only as far as the mailboxes, like a good child who stays in the yard like hes told.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Mrs. Denholm used to make those offers that were really demandsWould you like to borrow my clippers so that you can trim that hedge?
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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