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Auld Reekie

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Edinburgh old town; so called because it generally appears to be capped by a cloud of “reek” or smoke.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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August
Augusta
Augustan Age
Augustan History
Augustine (The Second)
Augustinians
Augustus
Aulay
Auld Brig and New Brig
Auld Hornie
Auld Reekie
Aulic Council
Aunt Sally
Aureola
Auri
Aurora
Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis (Latin)
Aurora Raby
Aurora Septentrionalis
Ausonia

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