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phillabeg

phillabeg is the alternative form 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 phillabeg

pluralphillabegs

Questions about phillabeg

What is phillabeg the alternative form of?
Phillabeg is the alternative form of philibeg.

Words near phillabeg in the dictionary

  1. philistinic
  2. philistinish
  3. philistinism
  4. philistinisms
  5. Phill
  6. phillabeg
  7. phillabegs
  8. Philley
  9. Philleys
  10. phillibeg
  11. phillibegs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phillabeg (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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