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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

(ˈspɒrən)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a large pouch, usually of fur, worn hanging from a belt in front of the kilt in men's Scottish Highland dress
[C19: from Scottish Gaelic sporan purse; compare Irish Gaelic sparán purse, Late Latin bursa bag]
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spor•ran

(ˈspɒr ən)

n.
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch, commonly of fur, that is worn suspended in front of a kilt.
[1745–55; < Scottish Gaelic sporan; compare Irish sparán purse]
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sporran

A Scottish word for a large pouch worn with the kilt as part of Scottish Highland dress.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sporran - a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanderssporran - a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
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Translations

sporran

[ˈspɒrən] Nescarcela f
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sporran

nFelltasche f (über dem Schottenrock getragen)
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He then began to question me cunningly, where I came from, whether I was rich, whether I could change a five-shilling piece for him (which he declared he had that moment in his sporran), and all the time he kept edging up to me and I avoiding him.
Some of them even had sporrans, worn on the midriff rather than dangling above the knees.
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A COUPLE who have produced shoes for the vegan market for 10 years have branched out into making sporrans.
We talked about tartan, kilts, sporrans, Scottie dogs, bagpipes and haggis.
The ten students at Cleveland College of Art and Design have spent the past year learning about how to make handbags, photo albums, roman armoury, sporrans and shoes in a leathercraft course.
The outfits are made in Scotland and include jackets, kilts, sporrans, socks and shoes.
Sialkot is now a mini Scotland in Pakistan where tartan plaids adorn shop-windows strewn with sporrans, spats and Glengarry hats.
Sialkot is home to 100 firms making bagpipes, Glengarry hats, kilts and sporrans. They once kitted out Scottish regiments in what was part of Britain's India colony.
But it now seems that the news of a new director has calmed the ruffled kilts and sporrans, and there is peace in the glens once more.