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Highland Games

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noun

  1. (functioning as singular or plural) a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland

"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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At a traditional Scottish Highland Games, fit athletes engage in rigorous pursuits like caber-tossing, hammer-throwing and stone-carrying.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Queen Elizabeth II hosted numerous royal garden parties there and enjoyed watching events at the nearby Braemar Highland Games with other members of the Royal Family.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

The 96-year-old monarch, who has struggled with what Buckingham Palace has called “mobility issues,” will skip the opening of the Highland Games, The Associated Press reported Friday.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

Highland Games officials canceled the race, which would have started not far from the crash site and ended atop Grandfather Mountain.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

It was like Donald Dinnie at the Highland Games: when he has thrown the hammer or tossed the caber, the spectator hardly takes notice of the next competitor.

From Prince Fortunatus by William Black

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