Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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He could fancy almost that he saw the plaided spectre by the bedside, arms akimbo, smiling ghastly, waiting till his prey was done with earthly conversation.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
Neil leaped to his feet as the plaided men came in sight.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Last of all came the drover, a kilted, plaided, and bonneted Highlander, quite as shaggy as the roughest of his cattle, and rather fiercer in aspect.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Don't write across your written pages; a plaided letter is so difficult to decipher that one is justified in destroying it unread.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
How fierce the plaided Highland clans Rush onward with the broad claymore!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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