philibeg
Britishnoun
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Upon the road to Portree, Prince Charles changed his dress, and put on man's clothes again; a tartan short coat and waistcoat, with philibeg and short hose, a plaid, and a wig and bonnet.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by James Boswell
And she was right; for rather than wear anything instead of the philibeg, Duncan would have plaited himself one with his own blind fingers out of an old sack.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
"I was this day," he says "in my philibeg."
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson
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 Robert Burns
On seeing the Prince eat heartily, whilst only in his shirt and philibeg, Captain Donald Macdonald could not forbear smiling.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson
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