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Hawick

British  
/ ˈhɔːɪk /

noun

  1. a town in SE Scotland, in S central Scottish Borders: knitwear industry. Pop: 14 573 (2001)

"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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In Hawick, Borders Buses drivers were told to call the police following the cancellation of some after-school services due to young people "screaming, shouting and being anti-social".

From BBC May 25, 2026

He was ordered to report to a police station in his home town of Hawick where he was interviewed but released without charge, the paper said.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Police Scotland confirmed a 33-year-man was arrested on 12 February in the Hawick area of the Scottish Borders and released without charge.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

The planned £450m development near Hawick has attracted objections from about 40 people living near to the farmland site.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

When, by whom, and for what object, were the moats of Urr, Hawick, Lincluden, Biggar, and our other great circular earth mounds of the same kind, constructed?

From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart

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