Filibeg (noun)(scots)
fil-ee-beg
A kilt.
Mid 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic feileadh-beag ‘little kilt’, from feileadh ‘plaid’ and beag ‘little’.
Example sentences
“But what’s he got under his filibeg, that’s the question!”

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