sabretache
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sabretache
C19: via French from German Säbeltasche sabre pocket
Example Sentences
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Now, look here'—as he spoke he drew from his sabretache five bills for one hundred pounds each; 'you see I am similarly prepared.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
I snatched the feather from under the greasy band, and for years it was deposited in the bottom of my sabretache.
From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by A.W. Drayson
Joseph, his valet, handed him his sabretache and saber, and they all went out into the vestibule.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
"And a sabre and a sabretache," continued the Sergeant.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Molly Elliot Seawell
The yellow stripes down his legs and the sabre and sabretache were dazzling to Kettle, But an objection rose on the horizon.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Molly Elliot Seawell
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