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Clydesdale
noun
Clydes·dale
ˈklīdz-ˌdāl
: any of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland with long silky hair on the legs
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Willis Custom Homes is offering a Reverse Clydesdale plan.
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Weichert Realtors® Welch & Company, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024
Budweiser Budweiser taps into our sense of nostalgia, bringing back their famous Clydesdales for another Super Bowl appearance.
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Jager Weatherby, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2024
Seven years later, Branson more than doubled his original £50 million investment when Clydesdale Bank agreed to acquire Virgin Money to form the UK’s sixth-largest lender in a £1.7 billion takeover.
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Ben Stupples, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
The group was later bought by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) in 2018 for £1.7 billion ($2.68 billion)for £1.7 billion ($2.68 billion) in 2018.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above
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“Clydesdale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Clydesdale. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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Clydesdale
noun
Clydes·dale
ˈklīdz-ˌdāl
: any of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland, with long silky hair on the legs
Geographical Definition
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