spleuchan

American  

[sploo-khuhn] / ˈsplu xən /

Or spleughan

noun

Scot., Irish English.

1. a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.

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Etymology

Origin of spleuchan

First recorded in 1775–85, spleuchan is from the Scots Gaelic word spliùchan

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Example Sentences

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spleuchan

I wad esteem the contents o' that spleuchan as the most precious treasure.

From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

Ye ken Hornbook i' the clachan, Deil mak his king's-hood in spleuchan!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

I think it highly probable that we owe a further obligation to the worthy Supervisor's presentation of Rob Roy's spleuchan.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

When the discourse was finished, he knocked the ashes out of his pipe, replaced it in his sporran, returned the tobacco-pouch or spleuchan to its owner, and joined in the prayer with decency and attention.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott

“Ye ken Jock Hornbook i’ the Clachan, Deil mak his kings-hood in a spleuchan!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

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