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noun
A small pouch, usually made of either fur or plain or fur-trimmed leather, which is worn, suspended from a belt or chain, on the front of a kilt and used to hold various items normally carried in trouser pockets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pouch
History
From Scottish Gaelic sporan (“purse”), from Middle Irish sparán, possibly from Late Latin bursa (“purse”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “leather, hide”).
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