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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
LIDDISDALE, n. The name of the valley of the Liddell Water in Roxburghshire.
Comb.: Liddisdale drow, a thick drizzle, a Scotch mist, “a shower that wets an Englishman to the skin” (Slk. 1825 Jam.). See Drow, n.1
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