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Gretna Greens

Gretna Greens is the plural of Gretna Green.

Meaning of Gretna Green

Noun

Gretna Green (plural Gretna Greens)

  1. Any town with liberal marriage laws, a place where couples elope.
    • It was nothing more nor less than to convert all places licensed under the Toleration Act into Gretna Greens, where persons of all persuasions might go and make irregular marriages.1823 June 12, Lord Redesdale, “Dissenters' marriages”, in parliamentary debates (British House of Lords), page 16

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What is Gretna Greens the plural of?
Gretna Greens is the plural of Gretna Green.

Words near Gretna Greens in the dictionary

  1. greter
  2. Grether
  3. Grethers
  4. Gretna
  5. Gretna Green
  6. Gretna Greens
  7. Gretta
  8. Gretton
  9. Gretz
  10. Gretzes
  11. Gretzky

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