philabeg

American  

[fil-uh-beg] / ˈfɪl əˌbɛg /

noun

1. filibeg.

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Example Sentences

I think you will like it: it is Scottified up to the teeth, and somehow I feel myself like the liberated chiefs of the Rolliad, "who boast their native philabeg restored."

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Cam ye by Athol, lad wi' the philabeg, Down by the Tummel or banks o' the Garry, Saw ye our lads wi' their bonnets and white cockades, Leaving their mountains to follow Prince Charlie?

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

How can I lay my sporran by, An' sit me doun at hame, Wi'oot a Hieland philabeg Or hyphenated name?

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

He was wearing a kilt of the Campbell tartan, a small philabeg, a black velvet jacket trimmed with gilt buttons, and a Glengary ornamented with an eagle's feather.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"Dancing was engaged in around the bonfire to the skirl of the philabeg."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir