alforja

[al-fawr-juh; Sp. ahl-fawr-hah]

al·for·ja

[al-fawr-juh; Sp. ahl-fawr-hah]
noun, plural al·for·jas [-juhz; Sp. -hahs] . Southwestern U.S.
1.
a saddlebag, especially one made of leather.
2.
a cheek pouch.

Origin:
1605–15; < Spanish < Arabic al-khurj the pair of saddlebags
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Alforja is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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alforja (ælˈfɔːdʒə)
 
n
a saddlebag made of leather or canvas
 
[C17: from Spanish, from Arabic al-khurj the saddlebag]

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