musk bag

noun

1. the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of musk bag¹

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

The musk bag is an abdominal or præputial gland which secretes about an ounce of musk, worth from ten to fifteen rupees.

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I can offer no visual proof to back my word; but by other testimony I venture the assertion that when a boulevardier feels the need of a bath he hangs a musk bag round his neck—and then, as the saying is, the warmer the sweeter.

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