4 February 2017
sporran
[spor-uh n]
noun
1. (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
Origin of sporran
Scots Gaelic, Irish
1745-1755; Scots Gaelic sporan; compare Irish sparán purse
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Examples from the Web for sporran
Historical Examples
He put a pickle money in his sporran, and gave him a place a little way down his table.
The Lost Pibroch
Neil Munro
He sprang up and thrust the stocking and needles into his sporran.
The Sleuth of St. James’s Square
Melville Davisson Post
It’s no a verra suitable dress for rinnin’—the spleughan—or ” sporran,” is it?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895
Various
This must be the sporran following us close with grim disregard of danger.
The Mystery of the Sea
Bram Stoker
I wonder if these bags are related to the sporran of the Highlanders.
Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series
Lady Gregory
At noon he sat down to eat his “piece,” which he carried in his sporran.
The Wee Scotch Piper
Madeline Brandeis
They wear a tight coat, and in front of them hangs the sporran, a pocket made of white fur.
The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 22, 1897, Vol. 1, No. 24
Various
One of them dragged at the frogs of his kilt, and then at his ” sporran.”
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885
Charles Royle
Do the kilt and sporran bring in brawny youngsters of five-foot nine, and thirty-nine inch round the chest?
From Sea to Sea
Rudyard Kipling
Its skin makes the “ sporran ” of the kilted Highlander, and its hair makes our shaving brushes.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood
J. Conway Walter
Anagram
nor rasp
Today’s quote
The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it’s really all about them.
– Robbie Coltrane
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