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kiltie

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kilt⋅ie

[kil-tee]
–noun
1. a person who wears a kilt, esp. a member of a regiment in which the kilt is worn as part of the dress uniform.
2. a sports shoe with a fringed tongue that flaps over the vamp and conceals all or part of the lacing.
3. Also called kiltie tongue, shawl tongue. the fringed tongue of such a shoe.

Origin:
1835–45; kilt + -ie
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kil·tie   (kĭl'tē)   
n.  
  1. One who wears a kilt.

  2. A shoe having a fringed tongue that flaps over the instep.

  3. The tongue of such a shoe.

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