Kincardine

[ kin-kahr-dn ]

/ kɪnˈkɑr dn /

a former county in E Scotland.

Also called Kin·car·dine·shire

[kin-kahr-dn-sheer, -sher] /kɪnˈkɑr dnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/.

Example sentences from the Web for kincardine

It is the county-town; and hither, in 1660, the sheriff-court was removed from Kincardine by Act of Parliament.

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1 |William Finden
She could coax you to the buying like a Cumnock quean, and fleece you in the selling like the cadgers o' Kincardine.

The House with the Green Shutters |George Douglas Brown
Robert Watt was born in the shire of Kincardine, and was at the time of his execution about thirty-six years old.

The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 |Camden Pelham
Boswell's mother's grandmother was a Bruce of the Earl of Kincardine's family, and so also was his father's mother.

Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 |Boswell

The temperance men sent up two detectives from Kincardine, who were low characters, and would swear to anything.

Sober by Act of Parliament |Fred A. McKenzie