Perthshire

[ purth-sheer, -sher ]

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How to use Perthshire in a sentence

  • "Tullibardine's Bride," though a little diffuse, is a readable narrative poem based on a Perthshire legend.

  • The Allan and the Devan are two streams which descend from the hills of Perthshire into the lowland plain.

    Lady of the Lake | Sir Walter Scott
  • He had come from Perthshire in old Scotland, so, of course, had received a warm welcome in this Scottish town.

    A Portrait of Old George Town | Grace Dunlop Ecker
  • It is more plentiful, however, from Perthshire to Sutherland.

  • Could they once get home on the Perthshire cits, he had little fear of the result.

    Montrose | Mowbray Morris

British Dictionary definitions for Perthshire

Perthshire

/ (ˈpɜːθˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /


noun
  1. (until 1975) a county of central Scotland, now part of Perth and Kinross council area

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