Glaswegian
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- adjective
- /ɡlazˈwiːdʒən/
- The Glaswegian novel, likewise, presents as a given the local social identity of its characters, readers, or authors, and leaves other identities in shadow.
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Watch on YouTubeThat's typical Glaswegian mummy would say.
- That's typical Glaswegian mummy would say.
- Dad was a jock, Glaswegian soldier, real hard drinking, Jack of all trades guy.
- Because I've only brought the the Glaswegian Scottish flag that I was my favorite type of Scottish flag.
Examples
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And we find the same superstition in the wife of a Glaswegian industrial serf!
Fiction book (2002) -
That's typical Glaswegian mummy would say.
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Because I've only brought the the Glaswegian Scottish flag that I was my favorite type of Scottish flag.
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Listen, you poxed-up Glaswegian queer!
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Whether in the Glaswegian novel, Zanzotto's not-Italian poetry, or other manifestations
Academic text (1995) -
On a saucer of land below stood a great hunk of a house, a granite monster such as only some Glaswegian baron of industry would have the heart to build.
Fiction book (2000) -
It is perhaps according to the same principle of irony that made Glasgow, intent on local economic recovery, the Culture Capital of Europe in 1990, that Glaswegian literature has recently gained much international attention.
Academic text (1995) -
As you know, TGNBK is an avid follower and supporter of the Glaswegian Death Metal nutcases that are Scordatura.
Blog text (19) -
Another current example of local literature, where the locality is not the semirural and rural context presented by Zanzotto's poetry but rather a cosmopolitan, urban one, is Glaswegian literature.
Academic text (1995) -
The Glaswegian accent is easily recognizable to anyone familiar with Scotland.
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Etymology
Glaswegian comes from the city name Glasgow, from old Gaelic Glaschu meaning 'green hollow' or 'green place'. So Glaswegian used as an adjective means 'relating to Glasgow'.