Renfrew

American

[ren-froo] / ˈrɛn fru /

noun

a historic county in SW Scotland.

Renfrew British

/ ˈrɛnfruː /

noun

an industrial town in W central Scotland, in Renfrewshire, W of Glasgow. Pop: 20 251 (2001)

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Brydson, an ex-army corporal from Renfrew, was housemaster at Monken Hadley.

From BBC

Following his peerage, he became Baron Offord of Garvel, of Greenock in the County of Renfrew, and was appointed as a junior minister in the Scotland office.

From BBC

Their raids on Friday saw officers target properties in Glasgow, Cambuslang, Gartcosh, Barrhead, Renfrew and Saltcoats.

From BBC

Councils have already cancelled weekend Christmas light switch-on events in Perth and Renfrew.

From BBC

If you’re watching a video and thinking, ‘I need to go on a diet,’” maybe this content isn’t something that’s healthy for you,” says Paula Edwards-Gayfield, regional assistant vice president at the Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders.

From Scientific American

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