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Berwickshire

British  
/ ˈbɛrɪkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After being first elected to parliament in 1974 representing Berwickshire & East Lothian at the age of 29, he lost the seat just eight months later when Labour's Harold Wilson called a snap election.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2024

DNA tests on chicks and eggs found at the Berwickshire home of Timothy Hall, 48, and his son Lewis, 22, proved they were wild birds not bred in captivity.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2024

Det Con Irvine said the pair's home in Lamberton, Berwickshire, was searched in May 2021.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2024

The research was conducted around five shipwrecks off the Berwickshire coast, which are all thought to have sunk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From Science Daily Nov. 23, 2023

He studied medicine, but found it not to his liking and turned instead to farming, which he followed in a relaxed and scientific way on the family estate in Berwickshire.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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