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Definition of Philabegs
1. philabeg [n] - See also: philabeg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philabegs
Literary usage of Philabegs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Niagara Historical Society (1897)
"A buckle with Scotch thistles and the figures 93 tells of the time when that
famous regiment marched proudly through the streets, with philabegs and tartans ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"... Wi' their claymores and philabegs ; If I face them again, deil break my kgs—
So I wish you a' gude morning. ..."
3. Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws edited by Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann (1899)
"In the Highlands gentlemen had no such distinctive dress as they are now credited
with ; for family tartans, plumed bonnets, philabegs, and brooches, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... tumbled back, and the wind turned the skirts of their philabegs, as the chaise
passed with increasing velocity up Bond Street, and along Oxford Street, ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"... sporrans or philabegs ; there was not even a solitary thistle to charm the
eye ; and as for oats, there were at least two Scotchmen to one oat in this ..."
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