Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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She loved the Lord of Garry's glen, The chieftain of Clanronald; A thousand plaided Highlandmen Clasp'd the claymore for Donald.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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 The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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 Charles James Lever
He was a lusty man with a florid face; he wore a suit of tweeds plaided in wide stripes of buff and black.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
“And I would sooner he were a plaided herd,” cried Archie, with sudden bitterness.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
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