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Definition of Fillibegs
1. fillibeg [n] - See also: fillibeg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillibegs
Literary usage of Fillibegs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1782)
"... for the building an Armada; wool, as much as will lengthen all the fillibegs
in the Highlands into ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1782)
"... for the building an Armada ; wool, as much as will lengthen all the fillibegs
in the Highlands into breeches ; and honey, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1818)
"Surely, if people chuse to wear fillibegs because it was a Roman costume, they
act in defiance of the snore decent propriety of breeches; ..."
4. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1906)
"... fillibegs, twelve yards of gilt fringe, &c., of the plaintiff, of great value
&c., to be safely and securely carried and conveyed by the defendant from ..."
5. Carriers' Law: Relating to Goods and Passenger Traffic on Railways, Canals by Edmund B. Ivatts (1883)
"Action for value of 12 pairs silk tights, 6 pairs silk hose, 2 Scotch fillibegs,
12 yards gilt fringe, &c. The package containing these goods was collected ..."
6. Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (1888)
"... And with well-button'd plush consoles his legs For cold uncomfortable
fillibegs.1 Give me an answer by return of post, for the press is stopped, ..."
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