Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
duffle .
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Examples
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He had his tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose.
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Highland costume, with his plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribbon like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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He had his Tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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He had his tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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WHO LEFT HIS MASTER THE SAME DAY THE OTHER DID; the Negro has a dark coloured duffil great coat much torn, he is a lusty well-set fellow, betwixt 40 and 50 years old, has sundry jackets, and coarse and fine shirts; they have no doubt changed their apparel; the Negro speaks good
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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What piles of warm blankets, what a quantity of duffil cloaks, flannels, and worsted stockings were we all so busy and so happy in preparing and sorting to give away on the following morning, that all within miles of us should be warmly clothed on that day.
The Settlers in Canada Frederick Marryat 1820
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After having kindly entertained them, Mr. Oglethorpe prefen ted each of the kings with a laced coat, a laced hat, and a fhirt; each of their chiefs with a gun; and their attendants with a duffil blanket, and fome other trifling things; and then difmiffed them, highly fatisfied with their treatment.
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September 23, 2008 at 3:45 am oh hai ccl, der bee’s a black laisur eyeded kitteh in da duffil bag… u gots ur beeeg hadnbag wib us? is der still plaice next to da elebenty kittehs frum da rug?
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