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sporran

[ spor-uhn ]

noun

  1. (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.


sporran

/ ˈspɒrən /

noun

  1. a large pouch, usually of fur, worn hanging from a belt in front of the kilt in men's Scottish Highland dress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporran1

1745–55; < Scots Gaelic sporan; compare Irish sparán purse
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporran1

C19: from Scottish Gaelic sporan purse; compare Irish Gaelic sparán purse, Late Latin bursa bag
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Example Sentences

Sporran, spor′an, n. an ornamental pouch worn in front of the kilt by the Highlanders of Scotland.

He was dressed in a kilt and small deerskin sporran, with the regulation heavy stockings, tweed jacket and Eton collar.

(b) The king's sporran, where Hathor-heads (h) take the place of the cowries of the primitive girdle.

There were my tartans, my cursed feathers, my tiger-skin sporran, upon the sofa.

This must be the Sporran following us close with grim disregard of danger.

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