Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. One who wears a kilt.
- n. A shoe having a fringed tongue that flaps over the instep.
- n. The tongue of such a shoe.
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- n. A shoe having a fringed tongue or fringed extra piece that lies over the tongue.
- n. The fringed tongue of such a shoe.
- n. A person who wears a kilt
Etymologies
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Examples
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I finally scored the perfect pair - tough, black, ankle-length lace-ups with a fringe "kiltie" - at a vintage stall in a market in Brooklyn.
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39A: Kiltie's instrument (pipes) - a "kiltie" is a Scot.
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“Well, Carmelo Anthony is wearing brown kiltie loafers,” Rivers said.
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I think I even wore it with a wonderful pair of kiltie brogues that I wish I still owned.
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"Seems a pity to anesthetize your taste buds with that kiltie coffin varnish in a restaurant like this," I murmured.
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At one place I had leapt with my pal into a small shell hole, and over to my right was a kiltie engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Hun.
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Wherever the sweep of the kiltie went, there was going to be something doing.
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Looking then to the left I saw another kiltie in an argument with a Prussian; they were fencing with their bayonets, and a second Hun was coming up behind and again I took aim, but before I was able to get my pill started, my mate robbed me of the honor and sent his pill crashing through Fritzie's head.
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Now it so happened that at the identical time that the Sergeant was so engaged, a kiltie battalion was making its way to the trenches on a foot path, running diagonally across the front of the guns.
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One of the many snatches poking fun at the kiltie, who of course wears no underwear.
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