Tillietudlem

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proper noun

A hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).

Origin

Named after a fictional castle in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality, which readers thought resembled Craignethan Castle, not far from the hamlet.

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Tillietudlem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tillietudlem

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“Tillietudlem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tillietudlem. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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