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kiltie

American  
[kil-tee] / ˈkɪl ti /

noun

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

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

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

Etymology

Origin of kiltie

First recorded in 1835–45; kilt + -ie

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