philabeg
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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)
The Norseman is much indebted to the Scot––but it would not do to flaunt the feathered cap and philabeg too much––on Kirkwall streets.”
From An Orkney Maid 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
The very shirt-sleeves, exposed by the coat- sleeves terminating at the elbow, were bound and festooned with ribbons; while from the ends of the waistcoat hung a waterfall of ribbons, like a Highlander's philabeg.
From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah
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
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