Auld Reekie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Auld Reekie
literally: Old Smoky
Example Sentences
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New York theater is a little short on festivals this year, but the one in Edinburgh is going according to plan, and 59E59 is hosting several companies before they head off to Auld Reekie.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
For the last six festivals, the man who calls himself the Poster Menace has been skulking the streets of Auld Reekie, sneaking his creations in amidst the thousands that line the city's every surface.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2012
The setting The heart of Auld Reekie pulsates as the city's 500,000 population doubles in size.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2012
The nobility and gentry of Scotland came up from their distant country residences to their town-houses in "Auld Reekie," as they now come up to London.
From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny
I lay listlessly thinking of Auld Reekie, the mysterious murder, and all the strange occurrences of my past life.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
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