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tartan

adjective as in plaid

Weak matches

noun as in check

noun as in patchwork

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Example Sentences

The Bay City Rollers took the world by storm in the mid-70s, trimmed in tartan and causing scenes of hysteria wherever they went.

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The property was decked out in tartan, and Violet bought bagpipes and wore Highland dress.

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Dressed in truly fabulous tartan, Scottish comic and presenter Alan Cumming accepted the prize for best reality competition series for the US version of The Traitors.

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"We had a fabulous Mondo track at the Athens Olympics. I like the hardness of them. I definitely feel that they are a lot faster than tartan tracks," says Ms McCambridge.

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At the end, when Diana comes to Christmas with the royals, she stands out in a blue tartan suit while everyone else is in more muted colors …

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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