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  • noun Plural form of saddle-bag.

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Examples

  • Sometimes, when he had accumulated a little money, and when the season favored, they would mount their horses, with saddle-bags behind, and ride away over the wall of the valley and down into the other valleys.

    Chapter XXVI 2010

  • Mile after mile we went, through that fragrant maze, and the order came back to eat from our saddle-bags as we rode, for Gallantin had the scent and knew exactly where he wanted to go.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • Moreover he bade lay on her back a piece of silk for a seat, and a prayer-carpet under which were his saddle-bags.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “No,” said the traveller; “not since I have laid the saddle-bags out of my hand.”

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Then he let load the saddle-bags and the silk and prayer-carpets on the mule and carried Nur al-Din to his own house, where he lodged him in a pleasant place and entreated him honourably and made much of him, for he inclined to love him with exceeding love.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then do thou take with thee a pair of saddle-bags full of money and mount a swift steed, and lead a spare horse, and I will do the like, and say to thy sire, ‘I have a mind to divert myself with hunting the desert and to see the open country and there to pass one night.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The traveller, who, with his saddle-bags rested on the back of a chair, had waited in silence for some note of welcome, now saw that, ghost or no ghost, he must speak first, if he intended to have any notice from his landlady.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • “I thank you, mistress,” said Tyrrel; “but I have some drawings and colours in these saddle-bags, and I always like to carry them myself.”

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • “Bring my saddle-bags,” he said, “into the house — or stay — I am abler, I think, to carry them than you.”

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • “I cannot live without it,” said Tyrrel; and taking the saddle-bags, was formally inducted by the maid into a snug apartment, where he soon had the satisfaction to behold a capital dish of minced collops, with vegetables, and a jug of excellent ale, placed on the table by the careful hand of Meg herself.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

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