Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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Plaided is an acronym that was inspired by a Girls Rock Camp participant's band and thus matches the feminist background of Veronika Eberhart and Julia Mitterbauer.
From The Guardian
They were among the famous dancers in my mother's garden, and I can tell you that a country dance of Fritillaries in plaided kirtles and green caps is a lively sight.
From Project Gutenberg
But when the far-off dust cloud To plaided legions grew, Full tenderly and blithesomely The pipes of rescue blew!
From Project Gutenberg
“To be surely I’m in,” said a tall, plaided Highlander, opening the little door; “to be surely I’m in, Mr McBain, and where else is it I’d be, I wonder, in such a night as it soon will be?”
From Project Gutenberg
In the second figure we have an example of the heavy and large plaided silks, and generally our latest Parisian plates, like this, exhibit the use of deep fringes.
From Project Gutenberg
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