philabeg
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Roun’ his hairy form there was naething seen, But a philabeg o’ the rashes green, An’ his knotted knees play’d aye knoit between; What a sicht was Aiken-drum!
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
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
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