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People's Republic of Leith en · PROPN
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(derogatory, humorous, informal) A nickname for Leith, a suburb of Edinburgh, referencing its former independence and implying it has socialist or communist leanings.
The People's Republic of Leith can feel removed from the rest of the city – a blessing or a curse depending on your point of view, but if removing yourself from street party madness is a priority there's no better place to do it.
2015 December 30, “Where to go in Edinburgh on Hogmanay outside the street party zone”, in The Scotsman:"Sir Matt Busby, the first manager to lead a British team into the European Cup? Does that mean Hibs aren't British, then?" Indeed, Matt [Vallance], it did not go unnoticed in the People's Republic of Leith.
2002 December 5, “Beeb's Hall of Fame boobs”, in The Scotsman, page 14:Having done the meet and greet at a designated spot in one of four Edinburgh districts (or three Edinburgh districts, plus Leith, if you're of a People's Republic of Leith persuasion), the physically distanced, Covid-compliant strangers embark, chalk in hand, on an hour-long stroll around the local area.
2021 February 21, Mark Brown, “Chalks away for a walk on the white”, in The Sunday National, page 26:
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