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plaid

[plad] / plæd /
ADJECTIVE
checkered
Synonyms


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Mr. Berrycloth climbs out in his plaid jacket, patting down piles of windblown hair.

From Literature

“See the man in the green plaid pants? The one with the cane in the second row.”

From Literature

The door was ajar, and the sight of his bed with the red plaid sheets and the New York Jets pillow he and Tom had gotten after a game immediately made him relax.

From Literature

She laid the red skirt from her fortune-teller costume into her basket, along with some pretty plaid material she was reworking into a new gown.

From Literature

There are also many things it isn’t: no bright green garlands, no mixing of plaids in the same room, and no gift bags under the tree.

From The Wall Street Journal