kiltie

[kil-tee] /ˈkɪl ti/

noun

a person who wears a kilt, especially a member of a regiment in which the kilt is worn as part of the dress uniform.

a sports shoe with a fringed tongue that flaps over the vamp and conceals all or part of the lacing.

Also called kiltie tongue, shawl tongue. the fringed tongue of such a shoe.

Origin of kiltie

1835-1845

First recorded in 1835-45; kilt + -ie

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Wherever the sweep of the kiltie went, there was going to be something doing.

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They all strained their eyes for a glimpse of the great "kiltie band," which was to march down the street.

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Uncle Clem was made of worsted and the moths had eaten his knees and part of his kiltie.

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