philibeg
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then a girl who played pages, and other young boys, was naturally anxious to know all about doublets, trunks, and hose, as well as Scottish "philibeg and sporran."
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara
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
"I was this day," he says "in my philibeg."
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg The cut of Adam's philibeg; The knife that nickit Abel's craig He'll prove you fully, It was a faulding jocteleg, Or lang-kail gullie.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Authentic tartan plaid and philibeg, at that epoch,—to the wonder of Trondhjem and us!
From Early Kings of Norway by Carlyle, Thomas
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