Etymology

Nithsdale

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Nithsdale · noun1

From the Jacobite Earl of Nithsdale who escaped from the Tower in women's clothes brought in by his wife, in 1716.

Nithsdale · proper noun2

From the River Nith + -s- + dale.

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