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sporran

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spor⋅ran

[spor-uhn]
–noun
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.

Origin:
1745–55; < ScotGael sporan; cf. Ir sparán purse
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spor·ran   (spôr'ən, spŏr'-)   
n.  A leather or fur pouch worn at the front of the kilt in the traditional dress of men of the Scottish Highlands.

[Scottish Gaelic sporan, from Middle Irish sparán, possibly from Late Latin bursa, bag; see bursa.]
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sporran 
1818, from Gaelic sporan, Irish sparan "purse," of uncertain origin. Familiarized by Walter Scott (first attested in "Rob Roy").
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