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Peebles

[ pee-buhlz ]

noun

  1. a historic county in S Scotland.


Peebles

/ ˈpiːbəlz /

noun

  1. a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders. Pop: 8065 (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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Example Sentences

The small rise sits in the middle of a lush green field a few miles from the town of Peebles, once a center of the nation’s wool industry and now a bedroom community for nearby Edinburgh.

The retailer has 738 locations across half a dozen brands, including the off-price Gordmans chain and the Peebles and Stage department stores, in small towns and rural areas in 42 states.

Today, he oversees assembly at a GE jet engine testing facility in Peebles, Ohio.

She seemed out of the picture with the lot who are coming—the Duchess of Peebles, for instance.

"Quiet," murmured old Peebles, who looks exactly like a sheep.

"And it has been refused," said old Peebles, blinking at both of us.

Before I left the clubhouse I had a word or two with Peebles.

Peebles Body (to townsman who was supposed to be in London on a visit).

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