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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A plaid with large squares of two different colors, especially red and black.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Said to be named after the herd of buffalo owned by the plaid's designer in the 1850s.]

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