Airdrie

[air-dree]

noun

a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.

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Historical Examples of airdrie

He married Janet Moffat, and lived at first in comfortable circumstances at Airdrie, where he owned a cottage and a croft.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone
William Garden Blaikie
It is high to hear these young fellows talk of the Raid of Airdrie, the trot of Kilmarnock, and so on, like so many moss-troopers.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6
John Gibson Lockhart
Coming so soon after Airdrie and Coatbridge it looks quite like another world.
James Geikie
Marion I. Newbigin
Before the adoption of the police act in Airdrie, a worthy named Geordie G—— had the surveillance of the town.
Scotch Wit and Humor
W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
He spent the early part of his life at a coal-mine, near Glasgow (Airdrie), where he all along enjoyed good health.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis
Archibald Makellar

British Dictionary definitions for airdrie

Airdrie

noun

a town in W central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, E of Glasgow: manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. Pop: 36 326 (2001)

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