Brigstow

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Bristol obsolete

Etymology

Earlier form of Bristol (whose etymology see), the spelling whereof arose from the disappearance of g, and from the local dialect that adds a -l unto words ending in vowel.

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