Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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Ordinarily, in this district, it is of a bright scarlet plaided off with lines of white and yellow.
From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
We attend the dinner, and find ourselves among Highland chieftains plaided and plumed in their "tartan array."
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
Beside him sat the husband of one of them, a tall, gaunt ranchman, with his legs crossed, poising upon a bony knee an atom of humanity in a short plaided woollen frock.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
To this succeeded the crash and turmoil of the fray, the ringing cheers of the plaided warriors mingling with the war-cries of the Gaul, till, in a burst of triumph and victory, the song concluded.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
The smaller figure has a frock of plaided cachmere.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
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