How To Use Plaid In A Sentence

A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
Mrs. Dudgeon unbars the door and opens it, letting into the stuffy kitchen a little of the freshness and a great deal of the chill of the dawn, also her second son Christy, a fattish, stupid, fair-haired, round-faced man of about 22, muffled in a plaid shawl and grey overcoat. The Devil's Disciple
He looked rumpled, in an unironed plaid shirt and khakis that suddenly appeared too short, bits of his dark socks visible between hem and shoe. Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature
And "My lorde useth and accustomyth yerly to gyf hym which is ordynede to be Master of the Revells yerly in my lordis hous in Cristmas for the overseyinge and orderinge of his lordschips Playes, Interludes, and Dresinge that is plaid befor his lordship in his hous in the XII dayes of Christenmas, and they to have in rewarde for that caus yerly, xxs. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Tall and slim, he has on a tan windbreaker over a plaid shirt with brown slacks, brown moccasins.

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Plaid Cymru, which did a similar deal, voted with the Government, acknowledging that its deal did go further.
I can picture Kim, her snug stretch jeans tucked into high-heeled cowboy boots, a long plaid work shirt open at the neck, reassuring Aunt Harriet, whom she knew worried about her, that she was going to start school again in the fall and that she was doing fine. History of a Suicide
His black cloak had seen service; the waistcoat of grey plaid bore yet stronger marks of having encountered more than one campaign; his third piece of dress was an absolute veteran compared to the others; his shoes were so loaded with mud as showed his journey must have been pedestrian; and a grey maud, which fluttered around his wasted limbs, completed such an equipment as, since Count Robert of Paris
Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi 'his brent brow and buirdly bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827
The couch was dark green suede and definitely cozier than the plaid throw covering the couch that would be acting as a bed in his new place.
So in the earliest autumn they were married, Monsieur having previously presented Miss Lucinda with a delicate plaided gray silk for her wedding attire, in which she looked almost young; and old Israel was present at the ceremony, which was briefly performed by Parson Hyde in Miss The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861
Nadler turned out to be about my height, trimly built, clean-shaven, and wearing a gray glen plaid suit and a striped tie. HOPE TO DIE
The work-worn jeans, red and black plaid shirt, padded gillet and heavy work boots speak of a rugged, outdoor existence, possibly somewhere in the mountainous wilds of Canada. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It was in these vales that the Saxons of the plain and the Gad of the mountains had many a desperate and bloody encounter, in which it was frequently impossible to decide the palm of victory between the mailed chivalry of the low country and the plaided clans whom they opposed. The Fair Maid of Perth
There were upscale college students in preppy outfits alongside burly sons of the South in plaid shirts and baseball caps. Times, Sunday Times
If you're looking for trendy patterns, go for paisley, floral, plaid, checks, and herringbone.
Not only the plaid, but even the kilt and over-the-shoulder drape are of military origin.
Wrapped in an expansive plaid jacket, lidded with page-boy haircut, she looks like a celebrity teapot.
Elgar's is one of the greatest v.c.ever written, and deserve to be plaided much more often. Island mentalities
Gingham is a lightweight, washable, stout fabric that is woven in checks, plaids or stripes.
The brand also has a cool plaid skirt and hoodie that are perfect for this season. Times, Sunday Times
I saw the glance that fell, scarcely touching, on my plain plaid frock. Daisy
She wore a plaid shirt and blue jeans.
Like a tailor, he keeps big needles pinned behind the lapel of his coat, a plaid jacket too large for him.
For a casual night out for the society girl-on-the-go, his red mohair plaid strapless dress with peek-a-boo velvet bow and mini pouf hem detailing of pleated lace and tulle sets the right tone for the evening.
My plaid shirt and cowboy hat are at the ready. The Sun
At that time , Hatoyama was wearing a red, yellow, green, purple and blue - checked multi - colored plaid shirt.
Ellie was wearing dungaree shorts and a tank top, her hair held back by a plaid headband. The Bird House
Elsewhere Independent-run administrations are to continue governing in Pembrokeshire, Powys and Ynys Môn, whilst a Plaid-Independent coalition is set to run Caerffili. Archive 2008-05-01
Eddie wore blue jeans and a plaid shirt.
I replied by saying that I'd have spent £1000 buying cappuccinos for Plaid Cymru AMs. Not so much to imply that Ieuan's group are 'biddable', but an admission that the key to the 'Rainbow' was implanting in the consciousness of Plaid Cymru the belief that we have really changed. Archive 2007-06-01
His blue plaid shirt was rolled up to his elbows at the sleeves and his feet were bare as well.
With 4 inches of plaid boxer shorts visible above sagging jeans, Tony Mihalo fit almost perfectly into the teen crowd idling away the night in a Naperville bowling alley.
If you're looking for trendy patterns, go for paisley, floral, plaid, checks, and herringbone.
Perhaps we should be forgiving when a friend wears a striped shirt with plaid pants.
The plaid skirt seem to come up to her breasts and her shirt buttoned down and was supposed to be tucked into her skirt but she left it out.
He has closely cropped red hair and wears a red-and-green-plaid shirt, Levis with an inch of rolled-up cuffs, and vintage black-and-white Keds. Soul Trapper
In the 2007 Assembly elections voters in Anglesey, Arfon, Aberconwy, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Ceredigion, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and Llanelli ALL voted Plaid; and what did they get? Archive 2009-09-01
They refuse her every wish - to wear plain, plaid dresses instead of fussy white muslin, to go barefoot outdoors, and to have second helpings of food.
Although not highly recommended, you can always wear a plaid pattern shirt with a checkered tie, so long as the patterns aren't identical in size.
Walking to the bed I grabbed a pair of blue plaid pajama bottoms, slipped them on then pulled a white t-shirt over my head.
My clever wee dog was for dashing off, the same as when he's smelt a rabbit, so we caught up our plaids and came away after him, only stopping to snatch a brand from the hearth and smoor the fire. Drums of Autumn
He shops for disco clothes and plaid pants, gets an Afro wig and starts talking jive.
There's no doubt about it, plaid, like any other busy pattern, can put on the illusion of girth.
The three men were also dressed alike: denim jeans, long-sleeved plaid shirts, and work boots.
The real village women stand behind her in loose plaid work shirts and jeans. Times, Sunday Times
A larger frame woman would be more flattered by muted plaid, and no one really looks terrific in a completely outsized plaid.
I can see that you, too, are wearing your pajamas - the plaid, cottony ones.
Rose had used babysitting money to buy a new pair of pedal pushers and a madras plaid cropped top.
In Caerffili it seems that a particularly multicolour rainbow could appear with the cabinet including former Welsh Secretary, Ron Davies, and Plaid's Lindsay Whittle who stood against Ron in every parliamentary election between 1974 and 1997. Archive 2008-05-01
When Jana emerged from the stall, she was tucking her white shirt into the regulation plaid skirt and was muttering harshly under her breath.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
Each subsequent flag she played more with materials, adding hand-made worry-dolls to the suns, or little mirrors into a sort of plaid pattern, or encrusting the edges so thick with multicolored beads that you want to put the whole thing in your mouth. Galleon trade edition
Ar stepan drws heno dwi wedi cael tystiolaeth gadarn, ac nid am y tro cyntaf, o unigolion oedd wedi eu cofnodi ganddom yn 2007 fel Plaid yn troi atom a hynny mewn niferoedd. Torri Cytundeb Cymru'n Un
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
The dark navy plaid skirt came down a little below mid-thigh and the short sleeve shirt buttoned down the front.
He's wearing a madras hat, plaid women's slacks that go down only as far as his shins, and a plaid jacket with two drooping flowers in his lapel.
Though attired in this barbarous guise, I did not, of course, dispense with my trousers, which, being black, contrasted somewhat oddly with my primrose-coloured ki ton, as they call the smock, and the dark violet clamis, or plaid. In the Wrong Paradise
Look for classics updated in fabrics such as corduroy, wool woven in gabardine, herringbone and glen plaid.
He put the robe over his plaid shirt and jeans, wrapped the turban up, and pulled the fluttering silk scarf over his brown beard.
Dressed in denim, plaid, and a rigid white cowboy hat, he looks far more like a farmer than his father.
Once the rajah was dressed in English sporting plaids in India, and once he was in a carriage in London dressed in his native costume, bejeweled and ‘blazing with diamonds.’
He had his tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Waterford, on the other hand, is filled to the brim with overalls-wearing, Farmer's Almanac-wisdom-spouting oldsters and women who wear plaid flannel shirts with patches on the elbows.
Not for nothing is Alastair clad in the finest cloth, his plaid trimmed in gold, his stockings tied with silk garters.
That there was some danger in the attempt I knew, but it had been minimized by the philibeg and hose, the Glengarry bonnet and Macleod plaid which I had donned at the instance of Malcolm. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
Stripes and plaids, mostly madras style, were in both prints and yam dyes.
The men looked alike at first; rough-looking, in their heavy boots, plaid shirts and stagged pants.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
Mix it with plaid shirts, denim and cropped slogan tees to complete the rave generation look. The Sun
Hillocks 'wife informed the kirkyaird that the doctor "gied the gudeman an awfu' clearin ', "and that Hillocks" wes keepin' the hoose, "which meant that the patient had tea breakfast, and at that time was wandering about the farm buildings in an easy undress with his head in a plaid. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
While I was reading I got a picture of you chopping wood, but you were in your Barn Dance attire (red and blue plaid shirt, jeans, bota bag, etc.) and had a big smile on your face. Back to Business
Cashmeres and other wools lend themselves to great patterns - like glenplaid, houndstooth and checks - that are easy to layer with shirts and sweaters.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
This is a red and black buffalo plaid miniskirt with what they call flirty inverted pleats and a black scalloped lace hem. Family Storms
She seemed to have the most fun with tweed, gaily mixing textures such as a houndstooth alongside a Prince of Wales plaid.
Covering the cushions in plaid can give it a look that appeals to everyone, if there are objections to floral prints. Honoring the Home
Congratulations to Plaid's candidate Alun Roberts who won yesterday's town council by-election in Caernarfon's Menai ward, bringing the number of Plaid's town councillors there up to 8 out of a total of 17 seats. Archive 2008-07-01
The brand also has a cool plaid skirt and hoodie that are perfect for this season. Times, Sunday Times
The fabrics include washed denims, soft poplins, heavy canvas, twills, and yarn-dyed plaids.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
She yawned, stared absently at Joey's note Iying beside the potted pothos on its red plaid runner. FAMILY BLESSINGS
School children in plaid uniforms and sanitation workers in blue jumpsuits stood in attendance as government officials made speeches and the priest swung the holy water, climbing inside every vehicle to bless the interiors as well. Today was the blessing of the new garbage trucks
The police dog and its handler only found the plaid shirt that is one of the exhibits.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
It generally consists of a long piece of callico, or muslin, wrapped loosely round the body, somewhat in the form of a highland plaid. The Life of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African
Although not highly recommended, you can always wear a plaid pattern shirt with a checkered tie, so long as the patterns aren't identical in size.
He went bye with a waff of wind in his plaiding, and his haunch-man as he passed at a discreet distance got the double share of jibe and glunch from the mariners. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
Brown-and-white saddle shoes, white socks, white blouse, the plaid skirt arranged four inches above the knees.
Hard slides from guys in plaid pants, white belts and knit shirts the color of baby cheeks.
Look for classics updated in fabrics such as corduroy, wool woven in gabardine, herringbone and glen plaid.
Unusual prints and patterns in suits and sweater sets, for career or leisure, were brought alive by a colorful mix of stripes, checks and plaids.
Plaid shirt are easy to find in stores fall due to their crazy popularity.
In a tan velour hooded zip sweatshirt, blue cords and a plaid rust, blue and cream button down, Rob tells me that I look too pale in browns.
On it was a photograph of an older man dressed in a loud red plaid suit, gesturing with his thumb up.
Even proportional representation for local government, an issue on which Plaid has campaigned strongly on in the past, is now described as unattractive if it blocks his route to power. Overkeen Plaid abandon principles already
On the way back I passed an old man riding a motorcycle, wearing a blue plaid lungi, dingy white shirt, and a tall red fez with a black tassel.
In Wales, the leadership of Plaid Cymru was always a bit bashful about independence, resorting to circumlocutions like ‘full national status’.
The familiar wool plaid jackets kept these men warm in early morning before the rays of the sun penetrated the canopy to reach the forest floor.
Yes my friends, Plaid is outwardly a mainstream political party, but behind the smokescreen of respectability we are a fascist organization bent on conquering England (and indeed Europe; not sure about Essex though) with the goal of ridding the earth of Jews and Slavs in order to make room for the glorious master race: the dreaded crachach (Don Touhig was right). Archive 2009-09-01
This fabric offers a nice complement to the new pure silk woven yarn-dyed plaids coming out of China for draperies and bedding accessories.
In short, if Plaid drops to third place, and especially if the number of Plaid AMs is diminished, then a continuation of the coalition with Labour would in my view be a strategical error. Archive 2009-07-01
She smoothed her navy blue plaid uniform skirt and hugged her jacket around herself tightly.
Or, possibly, a union rally for lumberjacks, stevedores or teamsters - there were a lot of gruff, hefty, plaid-shirted figures in attendance.
Another guard walked by, coated in red plaid, a hunter’s nebbed cap showing for a second against the lake’s distant gleam, his boots scuffing gravel. The Great California Game
Eddie wore blue jeans and a plaid shirt.
So then a man of roughly my build wearing roughly my clothes, except without well-worn work boots on his feet but standing — and this was such a curious detail several people noticed — in his socks, shoeless, and his socks were thick plaid socks of the type I have previously described as belonging to me, produced a shotgun and cut down Routledge Ruut with three precisely-aimed blasts, in the back. Self-Destruction, Vol. 1
Other standout looks include the fluted plaid skirt and the accompanying sleeveless asymmetrical top.
Addison opens the door to see a tall red-headed girl with a blue plaid dress on and her hair up.
But he was a country bumpkin at heart, already dressed for the weekend in blue overalls, a red plaid shirt, and an old fashioned railroad engineer's striped hat.
The three men were also dressed alike: denim jeans, long-sleeved plaid shirts, and work boots.
In a tan velour hooded zip sweatshirt, blue cords and a plaid rust, blue and cream button down, Rob tells me that I look too pale in browns.
I believe that Dreamgirls simply doesn't suit the Academy's solemn, beard-stroking mood this year: Can't have any crazy plaids clashing with those modest stripes. GreenCine Daily: Oscars. Nominations.
Plaid Cymru should use its position in government to oppose the building of the Severn Barrage "megalith", the editor of a Welsh language green magazine has told Golwg. Archive 2007-10-01
Grunge has been a recurrent theme in fashion since the early 1990s, when rockers like Cobain transformed kilts, moth-eaten sweaters and lumberjack plaids into the insignia of yuppie revolt.
They all had hooded sweatshirts, plaid shirts or long-sleeved tee shirts with jeans.
But vicereversing thereout from those palms of perfection to anger arbour, treerack monatan, scroucely out of scout of ocean, virid with woad, what tornaments of complementary rages rocked the divlun from his punchpoll to his tummy’s shentre as he dis-plaid all the oathword science of his visible disgrace. Finnegans Wake
In this bedroom, a painted plaid wall treatment blends happily with a panoply of pattern, including toile, florals, checks, dots, and - of course - stripes.
Fel rhywun sydd yn sownd mewn priodas dreisgar, mae Plaid Cymru yn dychwelyd at ei chymar yng Nghaerdydd, dro ar ol tro, er mwyn cael ei churo unwaith eto. Archive 2009-09-01
I was quite taken with her coats, with the plaid balmacaan being particularly lovely.
He had his tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Patterns ranged from small ginghams to windowpane checks to colorful mid-sized madras plaids.
You can wear your new argyle sweater over a plaid or striped shirt - with or without a tie - and with your favorite pair of jeans, or even over your favorite turtleneck paired with flat-front pants for a dressier look.
What of the sporran, the little leather pouch worn with the plaid?
But a curn o hired widdifus, wears belted plaids. The Baron of Brackley
Five round tables covered with Scotch plaid cloths occupy most of the space.
Susan made the table cloth from two panels of plaid fabric, which she appropriately "seamed" together with safety pins. RVABlogs
Plaid suggested that on these figures the only changes in Assembly composition would be that it would win Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire from the Conservatives, but lose a Mid and West Wales regional seat to the Tories, while in North Wales the Liberal Democrats would lose their regional seat to the Conservatives. Poll shows One Wales support grows
The plaid is a length of tartan cloth draped over the shoulder and does not properly refer to the pattern, which is the tartan.
Men's looks harkened back a decade or more, with safari jackets, a '70s-era glen-plaid shirt jacket and an all-American baseball jacket in olive suede.
A sleeper chair (above left) is tufted and skirted in the same plaid taffeta used behind the bed.
12: 58: Plaid continue making gains in Rhondda and Carmarthenshire Archive 2008-05-01
The plaid shawl was not proof against the wind and rain of that biting November, and her lungs, so long her boast among asthmatical neighbours, succumbed to the heavy fogs that alternated with the gales and frosts. The Port of London Murders
Ms. Lepore was trying to puzzle out why little bouclé jackets - and in particular a tweed plaid version with a boxy shape and frayed edges, a knockoff of a Chanel original - should be the surprise hit of the season…
The man-made elements of the scene - the cylinders and spheres and other simple geometric shapes - seemed to clash with the softer natural landforms, as irreconcilable as stripes and plaid.
The real village women stand behind her in loose plaid work shirts and jeans. Times, Sunday Times
I soaked my shirt cuffs and then the hem of my plaid skirt.
Suddenly it hits me that I'm clad in a white undershirt and plaid pajama bottoms.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
He wore a plaid cummerbund and tie with his tuxedo, and was so handsome that I almost laughed aloud. DOWNTOWN
Slipping on a red plaid robe over her nightgown, Lydie slowly trudged to the front door.
He teams hefty tweeds with tattersall, checks and plaids and brown suede shoes, sometimes with a bright sweater-vest. Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed
In an absolutely bizarre post today, PowerLine defends Roberts against gay gags (because he was once caught in plaid pants). The unstory « BuzzMachine
Hillocks's wife informed the kirkyard that the doctor "gied the gudeman an awful 'clearin'," and that Hillocks "wes keepin 'the hoose," which meant that the patient had tea breakfast, and at that time was wandering about the farm buildings in an easy undress, with his head in a plaid. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
When I saw The Professor during Plaid Cymru's conference there was still a bit of fine tuning needed in formulating the psephology. Archive 2009-10-01
It takes some acting craft for him to pull off the feat of wearing the outlandish sweater vests, garish checks and plaids without ever seeming as if he was wearing a costume.
Thomson was a city boy who had a thing for plaid flannel shirts, tuques, back bacon and fish frying in a skillet as well as booze from the bottle and long treks into the Great White North.
Instead of getting too lost in my suddenly changed world, I remember she was wearing a green and blue plaid dress with some pastel shirring on the bib area, black Mary Janes and blue tights.
He was wearing red plaid boxers and his hair was astray.
One was blue and white plaid and the second was dark blue with red dots. The Sun
He also had on a dark green plaid lumber shirt over a spotless blue T-shirt and a clean pair of jeans. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
Hers are a Highlander's dreams: obviously, the tartan plaid and tam-o'-shanter evince Newberry's Scottish affinity.
It consisted of a plaid, pleated skirt, a white blouse, a sweater vest, and a blazer, as well as a tie, and knee highs.
Plaid shirts and micro floral prints: the classic grunge combination. Times, Sunday Times
He was an old-style rat-a-tat Henny Youngman style gagman, and you could just imagine him on a stage in the waning days of vaudeville wearing a suit with oversized plaid pattern, a gigantic daisy and big shoes.
More from Anthropologie, we have this plaid trench, which is understated and stylish and this adorable shift dress.
As he watched and waited there stole down from the fells above him 'oncome' of mist or 'haar' from the eastward, which soon drew a plaid of hodden grey above the shoulder of Shillmoor. Border Ghost Stories
Whereas she (said youngest sister) was so swathed in ruffles and curls for pictures she looked like some lemon chiffon confection, I was, from about 3 or so on, dressed in pretty but far more sensible plaids (yeah, the late 60s and early 70s were a fashion wasteland) and turtlenecks, my long hair straight, shiny and pulled away from my face with a nice barrette or two. Princesses in the House « Lab Kat
It isn't yet clear whether that coalition will try to disestablish the council's board system and establish a cabinet system in orde to (in the words of a prominent member of Plaid Cymru) "leave the idiots and the extremists to rot on the opposition benches". Archive 2008-05-01
The narrative is set in 18th century Scotland with "deadly claymores flashing above plaid and tartan," and "clan-cries of the gillies, charging with their chiefs. “Living hand to mouth. . .”
He imagined luminous blends, created unexpected combinations and clashing patterns of plaids, paisley and florals.
Their position was crystalised by Helen Mary Jones when she said that there is a 'clash of basic values and principles between Plaid and the Tories which means that no agreement between them could remain stable in the long term'. Archive 2007-06-01
Colorful frilly skirts or plaid pants generally gave way to wild sandals or roller skates.
Gingham is a yarn-dyed cotton fabric (as opposed to a printed fabric) with solid, checked, striped, or plaid designs, most commonly known in its checkered form. "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930
I am loving those skinny black plaid pants.
To produce cloth, yarn was ‘put out’ to local handweavers who made bed ticking, stripes, checks, chambray, ginghams, plaids, sheetings and shirtings.
Pin stripes are acceptable, as are muted plaids and chalk stripes.
She was neatly dressed in a blue and white plaid sun dress, and wore high-heeled sandals on her feet.
It depends what you describe as Scottish MPs and I expect the same goes for the Welsh, the SNP voted against and I am sure Plaid did as well, as for the other branch membership i very much doubt it. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Bonglob? ai fink ai plaided dat in kollidge…….but den it broked. Turn gravity back on!!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
In the early years of cotton production, the factories produced cotton yarns that local families wove into simple plain or twill fabrics like jean, plaid, stripe, check, and muslin on two- or four-harness looms.
His plaid shirt and jeans make a good match for her gingham dress, while his masculine work boots match well with her cheap thong sandals.
Initially there was no association between the plaid patterns and particular clans. Cultural Anthropology
Threw his plaid into the neuk; "Never can I grieve thee; The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century
The three men were also dressed alike: denim jeans, long-sleeved plaid shirts, and work boots.
Highland costume, with his plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribbon like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
Ken Nevins stood in front of a chair upholstered in plaid wool. DOLL'S EYES
He is interrupted by a butch, bearded man clad in plaid (played by ascending dreamboat Gael García Bernal) who introduces himself as his childhood friend Ignacio, now an aspiring actor known by the stage name Angel.
It was a time when the popular press rallied around any Seattle band wearing plaid and a guitar.
But there should be more to it than the skirl of the bagpipe and the swirl of the plaid.
Mixed in with the rustic, crunchy tweeds, herringbones and plaids, were soft rose-print silks and an abstract, painterly print, particularly effective in drop-waist dresses with a bow-finished, pleated effect at the hip. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Manufacturers are showing plaids, geometrics, ribbons, floral and leaf patterns, and other interesting configurations this year.
If we are to stop our haemorrage of votes in the north west of Wales, and keep hold of some sort of middle-ground unifying 'one nationism' that Plaid is now claiming, we need Huw Lewis to stay on the backbenches. Huw sees red-green
The guitarists are balding, the others are in plaid.
The three rag-suited Zobos were being tended by four of their ilk, this set wearing Lee jeans, work boots, and plaid cotton shirts with pearlized buttons. Silver Zombie
Her version of the plaid, a tartan also in silk, is hung over the shoulder and pinned in place with a brooch.
The only difference was his attire - a blue and black plaid button-up overshirt, white tee shirt underneath, black jeans and tennis shoes.
Among the pleasant pictures of memory is that of Thomas Blake as he appeared after he had changed his civilized clothes for a Brook Farm tunic of blue plaid, a "tarpaulin" straw hat and a neat broad rolling shirt collar of large dimensions that gracefully tended towards his square shoulders. Brook Farm
Most of the blogs against Llais Gwynedd have been set up by Plaid themselves worried about upsetting the status quop in Gwynedd and Cymuned members. Yet more strangeness from Llais Gwynedd
A Labour or even Plaid blogger from the Rhondda is unlikely to post a partisan piece (or anything at all) on happenings in Gwynedd, or so I imagine. Archive 2008-01-01
Eddie wore blue jeans and a plaid shirt.
A vote for Plaid or the Liberals could let the Tories in by the back door.
As everybody knows, Guto was once a member of Plaid Cymru, until he made the shock discovery that "decentralist socialism" included the word "socialism". Archive 2009-09-01
Look for classics updated in fabrics such as corduroy, wool woven in gabardine, herringbone and glen plaid.
Once the rajah was dressed in English sporting plaids in India, and once he was in a carriage in London dressed in his native costume, bejeweled and ‘blazing with diamonds.’
The boys, draped in baggy denim and plaid, stand beneath them and stare.
Iain was dressed in his traditional dress: a white dress shirt, a kilt, sporran, and plaid.
There were upscale college students in preppy outfits alongside burly sons of the South in plaid shirts and baseball caps. Times, Sunday Times
Jack's plaid shirt didn't mix well with his striped trousers.
‘I say we just go back to the dorms and relax before they do the new roommate lists,’ Tanner said, untucking his plaid overshirt.

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