Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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He was a lusty man with a florid face; he wore a suit of tweeds plaided in wide stripes of buff and black.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
Ordinarily, in this district, it is of a bright scarlet plaided off with lines of white and yellow.
From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
“And I would sooner he were a plaided herd,” cried Archie, with sudden bitterness.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The English outposts were driven in; but, after that was done, the French advance was checked by the plaided Gael: d'Éon did not quell the mountaineer As their tinchel quells the game.
From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew
He wore a white duck uniform adorned with gilt shoulder straps, an aiguillette, and a bar of service ribbons brilliantly plaided and striped.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French
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