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police burghs

police burghs is the plural of police burgh.

Meaning of police burgh

Noun

police burgh (plural police burghs)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A burgh of a kind that existed from 1833 to 1975, constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police, the local authority being the police commissioners.

Questions about police burghs

What is police burghs the plural of?
Police burghs is the plural of police burgh.

Words near police burghs in the dictionary

  1. police boxes
  2. police boy
  3. police boys
  4. police brutality
  5. police burgh
  6. police burghs
  7. police captain
  8. police captains
  9. police car
  10. police cars
  11. police chief

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