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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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David Robertson, chief executive at Scottish Borders Council, said they were expecting it to reach 31C in Newcastleton and Hawick.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

"I often walk between Hawick and Selkirk on the Borders Abbey Way," she said.

From BBC May 24, 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

The company had considered several sites before announcing Hassendean, outside Hawick, as the chosen location for its first village in Scotland.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

It was winter, and the snow lay deep on the ground, and there was no conveyance to Hawick until the following day; but, ere the morrow came, eternity might be between him and his parent.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

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