the Kaleyard school
noun/ðə ˈkeɪljɑːd skuːl/
/ðə ˈkeɪljɑːrd skuːl/
- a group of late 19th century writers who described local town life in Scotland in a romantic way and whose characters speak in dialect (= a form of a language used only in a particular area)
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