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saddlebag

[ sad-l-bag ]

noun

  1. a large bag or pouch, usually one of a pair, hung from a saddle, laid over the back of a horse behind the saddle, or mounted over the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle.
  2. Often saddlebags. excess fat around the hips and buttocks.


saddlebag

/ ˈsædəlˌbæɡ /

noun

  1. a pouch or small bag attached to the saddle of a horse, bicycle, etc
  2. informal.
    plural rolls of fat protruding from the sides of a person's thighs


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saddlebag1

First recorded in 1765–75

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Example Sentences

I pulled over in a church parking lot, took off my fancy Rapha T-shirt, and stuffed it in my saddlebag.

Then we corralled everything into waterproof stuffsacks to compress it enough to fit in the saddlebags.

With a loaded bottle of bear spray in my saddlebag, I set off on the park’s 92-mile main road, feeling equal parts timid and ferocious as I zoomed down a steep hill and across the finely braided streams of the Teklanika River.

He stretched out lazily, watching his mother draw his favourite book from her saddlebag.

And as I looked at the little man, half lost in a big saddlebag chair, I felt ashamed of my irritation.

As he halted to deliver this message, a bullet struck the saddlebag in rear of his left leg.

Take a second with you in saddlebag or valise; and hide such money as you have left somewhere upon your person.

Also at his suggestion a quart of whiskey was purchased and carefully divided into two flasks, one for each saddlebag.

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