Definitions for sporran

sporran spor·ran

Spelling: [spor-uh n]
IPA: /ˈspɒr ən/

Sporran is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in sporran (anoprrs).

Definitions for sporran

noun

  1. (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.

Origin of sporran

1745-55; Scots Gaelic sporan; compare Irish sparán purse

Examples for sporran

One of them dragged at the frogs of his kilt, and then at his "sporran."

They wear a tight coat, and in front of them hangs the sporran, a pocket made of white fur.

He sprang up and thrust the stocking and needles into his sporran.

I wonder if these bags are related to the sporran of the Highlanders.

There's shust ta bodachan at ta dore, I could put in my sporran, and ta twa soger.

This must be the sporran following us close with grim disregard of danger.

Do the kilt and sporran bring in brawny youngsters of five-foot nine, and thirty-nine inch round the chest?

Its skin makes the “sporran” of the kilted Highlander, and its hair makes our shaving brushes.

The uniform was the full Highland dress, with musket and broadsword, dirk and sporran of badger's or otter's skin.

At noon he sat down to eat his "piece," which he carried in his sporran.

Word Value for sporran
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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