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John O' Groats
John O' Groats
a place in northeast Scotland, which people think of as the most northern part of the UK, although in fact it is not. It is used especially in the phrase "from Land's End to John O'Groats", which means right across the UK.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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