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philabeg

philabeg is the alternative spelling of philibeg.

Meaning of philibeg

Noun

philibeg (plural philibegs)

  1. A little kilt.
    • Instead of plaids and philibegs, and trews, they were, henceforth, to be clothed in coats and in waistcoats, and (worst of all) in BREECHES!!!1846, John Campbell, The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England

Forms of philabeg

pluralphilabegs

Questions about philabeg

What is philabeg the alternative spelling of?
Philabeg is the alternative spelling of philibeg.

Words near philabeg in the dictionary

  1. phil
  2. phil-
  3. Phil-Am
  4. phil.
  5. Phila.
  6. philabeg
  7. philabegs
  8. philacteries
  9. philactery
  10. philactories
  11. philactory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: philabeg (page history and authors); philibeg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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