Spey

/ (speɪ) /

noun

a river in E Scotland, flowing generally northeast through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth: salmon fishing; parts of the surrounding area (Speyside) are famous for whisky distilleries. Length: 172 km (107 miles)

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Example sentences from the Web for spey

Plus, the Spey, one of the most famous salmon rivers in the world, bordered the south side of the estate.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, I mounted the walls in tolerable heart, and was placed with others on the Spey Tower, being accounted a good bowman.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott
Excellent sections of these rocks are exposed in the Findhorn, the Divie and the tributaries of the Spey.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various
Yet its use is absolutely indispensable to the salmon angler on the Spey.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places|Archibald Forbes

My first Spey trout I took out of water at the foot of the cherry orchard below the sweet-lying cottage of Delfur.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places|Archibald Forbes
I am afraid he will think but little of it after the Spey, but he will be too polite to say so.
A Devotee|Mary Cholmondeley

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