philibeg
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the wall hung a broadsword, two guns, a trophy or two of deer’s horns, and a Sunday suit of plaid, philibeg and short red coat, surmounted by a gallant bonnet and feather.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
"I was this day," he says "in my philibeg."
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
That there was some danger in the attempt I knew, but it had been minimized by the philibeg and hose, the Glengarry bonnet and Macleod plaid which I had donned at the instance of Malcolm.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
With his philibeg an' tartan plaid, An' guid claymore down by his side, The ladies' hearts he did trepan, My gallant, braw John Highlandman.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Not a person was to be seen, except one sickly emaciated creature, wearing a faded regimental coat over his tartan waistcoat and philibeg, who stood leaning against a tree with an aspect of hopeless dejection.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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