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  • noun A town in the Scottish Borders region.

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Examples

  • The team, from the university's School of Textiles and Design, based in Galashiels, believe the study could have major implications for retailers.

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • Pringle of Galashiels, afterwards of Whytbank, was the Baron to whom the bridge belonged.

    The Monastery 2008

  • The cottages, even the church which once existed there, have sunk into vestiges hardly to be traced without visiting the spot, the inhabitants having gradually withdrawn to the more prosperous town of Galashiels, which has risen into consideration, within two miles of their neighbourhood.

    The Monastery 2008

  • He preluded as he spoke, in a manner which really excited my curiosity; and then, taking the old tune of Galashiels for his theme, he graced it with a number of wild, complicated, and beautiful variations; during which it was wonderful to observe how his sightless face was lighted up under the conscious pride and heartfelt delight in the exercise of his own very considerable powers.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Many of my voluntary assistants might be cleverer than myself, and then I should have a brilliant article appear among my chiller effusions, like a patch of lace on a Scottish cloak of Galashiels grey.

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • The new shops, in Glasgow and Galashiels, have been branded the company's first "green" stores and include a series of eco-features aimed at reducing their carbon footprint.

    Marks go green and windy Valleys Mam 2007

  • One will be at Silverburn Retail Park in Pollok, Glasgow, and the second will be in Galashiels in the Borders.

    Marks go green and windy Valleys Mam 2007

  • One will be at Silverburn Retail Park in Pollok, Glasgow, and the second will be in Galashiels in the Borders.

    Archive 2007-09-09 Valleys Mam 2007

  • The new shops, in Glasgow and Galashiels, have been branded the company's first "green" stores and include a series of eco-features aimed at reducing their carbon footprint.

    Archive 2007-09-09 Valleys Mam 2007

  • Galashiels, and only receives the dirt and dyes of Selkirk,

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

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