Tartan
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Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands ofvarious colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, anypattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when itdoes not warm to the tartan. Sir W. Scott.The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London with hatred.Macaulay.
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The Academy of the Holy Cross' mascott with two different meanings:
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A female warrior (even though the picture on the WCAC sign in all the WCAC schools is of a male warrior)
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Plaid cloth
-or if you're a cool kid-
3. A female warrior dressed in plaid -
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A two dimensional human-readable bar code symbology with hundreds of combinations per module. Usually found on Scottish things such as kilts, ribbons, sarongs, and bagpipes. Each clan (a Scottish family, spelled with a C) has its own tartan.
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UK slag for cocaine.
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a pattern of different coloured straight lines crossing each other at 90 degree angles, or a cloth with this pattern:
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