Etymology
Origin of plaided
Example Sentences
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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)
The English outposts were driven in; but, after that was done, the French advance was checked by the plaided Gael: d'Éon did not quell the mountaineer As their tinchel quells the game.
From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew
In the first of the above figures, representing a promenade costume, we have a high dress of rich silk; the skirt has plaided tucks woven in the material; it is long, and very full.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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
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 Caine, Hall, Sir
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