Too bad it replaced the already existing "sporran", which describes exactly the same kind of thing. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PSEUDOENGLISCH.] Reference
He smiled grimly and patted the sporran at his waist. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Jamie groped in his sporran and brought out a folded paper. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Sword, dirk, and badger-skin sporran completed the ensemble. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
He dipped a hand into his sporran, raised his arm and threw. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Besides the usual sporran and soul-blade everyone carried, the. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
"No, " he said, setting me down while he groped in his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
"No, not that one," he muttered, and dived back into his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Body of me! ye have more music in your sporran than I have in my head!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
Jamie took the stone from my hand and slipped it back into his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
That, with its sporran, was one of the few human innovations he appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
They couldna have been taken more aback had I pulled a snake from my sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Instead of replacing it on his finger, he opened his sporran to put it inside. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
McCandless took a leather bag from his sporran and placed it beside the lantern. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Tiger]
He rose and kissed me quickly on the brow, tucking the ring back in his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
There were my tartans, my cursed feathers, my tiger-skin sporran, upon the sofa. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
But Jamie had reached for his sporran, not his dirk, and plunged his hand inside. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Ignoring Dougal's fuming, he drew a short string of white beads from his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
He swallowed the heart that had risen into his throat, and reached for his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
He flushed slightly at this admission, and busied himself with refastening the sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
He fished his own purse from his sporran and scooped the small column of silver into it. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
He flipped the badge once in the air, caught it, and dropped it neatly into his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
He glanced at me, a little shyly, then reached into his sporran and pulled something out. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
In her arms was a large teddy bear dressed as a Scotsman, his sporran glittering and shiny. From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
Jamie blinked once or twice, and folding the torn page carefully, tucked it in his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Was it an apparition, or was that under the kummerbund a bit of kilt and an end of sporran?. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
They wear a tight coat, and in front of them hangs the sporran, a pocket made of white fur. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
"Oh, I'd bet nothing at all's worn under that kilt, " she said, with a nod at Roger's sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
He dug in the sporran resting on the dresser, and triumphantly pulled out the string of pearls. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Nonetheless, I thanked Colum warmly, and gave the rosary to Jamie to keep for me in his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
He poured the coins into his sporran, keeping back one, which he tossed meditatively in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Jamie had caught a glimpse of it in Ian's sporran once, but not enough to tell the pattern of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
We had neither of us any money nor any food beyond the bit of lunch that he carried in his sporran. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
The little clansman now stowed the vials in his sporran, methodically wrapping each one in a bit of soft leather to prevent breakage. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
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