sporran

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I like the sporran -- without it, it's just a tartan dress, and she's got a purse right there ready to go.

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  1. noun A leather or fur pouch worn at the front of the kilt in the traditional dress of men of the Scottish Highlands.

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  • ‘You are also wearing a sporran, I see, sir It’s an essential part of the outfit. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
  • He raised his gaze to look into the sardonic eyes of a dark Native, who seemed amused by a kilted Scotsman's Black Watch tartan, sporran, and other regalia. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 03 - September 1999
  • I agree about the sporran (it would have been more Laura if it had been made to look like a Birkin bag). —  Tom and Lorenzo/Former Project Rungay Blog
  • I agree about the sporran, but I kind of get the point - feathers on the sporran tying together with the feathers on the dress. —  Tom and Lorenzo/Former Project Rungay Blog
  • I like the sporran -- without it, it's just a tartan dress, and she's got a purse right there ready to go. —  Tom and Lorenzo/Former Project Rungay Blog
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  1. Scottish Gaelic sporan, from Middle Irish sparán, possibly from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa.

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  1. from Gaelic sporan = Irish sparan, a purse, pouch.
 

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