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Gretna Green in British English
(ˈɡrɛtnə)
noun
a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop: 2705 (2001)
Gretna Green in American English
(ˈgrɛtnə)
border village in Scotland, where, formerly, many eloping English couples went tobe married
used figuratively of any similar village or town Image ofGretna Green
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