Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of eastern Scotland between the Firths of Forth and Tay. It was once a Pict kingdom.
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- proper noun A traditional
county ofScotland now a Unitary Authority, situated between the Firth of Tay and theFirth of Forth , with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
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Examples
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As Ryan jotted the name Fife in his spiral, I noted applications.
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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I think she will just about manage to see off Professor Chris Harvie, but another very close race in Fife is expected.
Mid Scotland and Fife Jeff 2007
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He's becalmed in Fife now, a long way from the rattle of polyhedral dice and the clink of pint glasses that defined our shared youth.
zornhau: Andy's "Magnetic North" zornhau 2010
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Kenny McCaffrey from Cupar in Fife and Malcolm Hutcheon from Insch in Aberdeenshire will help train a group of Harlem high school pupils in masonry.
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Barney Fife is an idiot, liar, and should be railroaded out of DC.
Frank slams Obama for 'big mistake' on Defense of Marriage Act (updated) 2009
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Barney Fife is the redneck version of Inspector Cluesue, and Fife is only a deputy, compared to Cluesue's more exalted position, which of course is only a farce.
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If Fife is the tightest region, Aberdeen is competing for the least surprising.
North East Region Jeff 2007
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We used it here in Fife, Scotland tonight with the family and everyone really enjoyed the naan with my son's chicken curry.
Breadmaker Naan Bread Mrs Frog 2007
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At least it seems Central Fife is going to the SNP ....
Not how it was meant to be... Jeff 2007
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The 1100 people are supposed to be "minority and low-income voters" (you know victim class) and they have a UPS records showed the package was initially picked up in Fife at 2: 05 p.m. Oct. 6.
Sound Politics: ACORN screws-up, disenfranchises 1,100 voters 2006
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