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kilty colloq.|ˈkɪltɪ|
Also -ie.
[f. kilt n. + -y6.]
One who wears a kilt; esp. a nickname for a Highland soldier. Also, attrib. and as adj.
1842D. Vedder Poems 112 In double quick time did the kilties career. 1900S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xii. 103 Yon's nae lassie! Yon's a kiltie lad. 1902J. Milne Epistles of Atkins xi. 208 A second Gordon communicates the views of a second Boer also upon the Gordon men. ‘The ‘kilties’ are devils to fight.’ 1906Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 3/6 A picturesque touch..is given to the town by the presence of the ‘kilties’ and other regiments of soldiers. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 18 Oct. 3/7 (Advt.), St. Margaret Kiltie Dresses for girls 2 to 10 years, in navy, brown, saxe and green, [etc.]. 1927Scots Observer 14 May 16/4 The Kilty piping for money. 1927H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea 261 She..assured him..that he was the ‘kiltiest’ boy she had ever met. |