Kilmarnock

[ kil-mahr-nuhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Official_name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
a city in this district, SW of Glasgow.

Kilmarnock

/ kɪlˈmɑːnək /

a town in SW Scotland, the administrative centre of East Ayrshire: associations with Robert Burns; engineering and textile industries; whisky blending. Pop: 43 588 (2001)

The Earl of Kilmarnock then joined in prayer with those around him, and afterwards he took some refreshment.

We hired a sloop to take us to Carter's creek, and thence we proceeded in a farm wagon to his home in the village of Kilmarnock.

Ushered in with what Lockhart calls, a "modest and manly preface," the Kilmarnock volume went forth to the world.

Take a man's 'orse off the rail at Stewarton, and him booked to Kilmarnock, and ride him to a standstill!

Perhaps you will condescend to remember what I had the honour of saying to you as we rode into Kilmarnock last Wednesday.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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