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How to pronounce sporran in English?

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Type of pouch

Examples of sporran

sporran
Many are designed to be worn without a sporran, and may have pockets or tool belts attached.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I meet a man wearing a kilt and sporran, and a bow-tie made of sequins in a Union Jack pattern.
From the economist.com
His sporran, a decorative pocket, was made before 1910.
From the ocregister.com
How does the sporran go and how do the sock flashes work and how does the kilt wrap and of course the underwear question.
From the suntimes.com
Anything more than six reader emails usually causes my inbox to pulsate with anxiety, like a sporran during Comic Relief.
From the independent.co.uk
Anyone who's travelled will know and accept this, and keep it safely tucked well into their collective sporran.
From the guardian.co.uk
The most common kilt used in Cornwall is pleated Scottish-style with a leather, Duchy of Cornwall shield-style, sporran.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then a man in a kilt, with a badger's head sporran appeared on the screen, and began talking about burying cow horns in the soil.
From the nzherald.co.nz
We had dinner, with Angus Thomson and his wife Davina, who told me more than anyone needs to know about Badger, the thing on the sporran, who was once hidden during a party at their house.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
  • The Sporran (Scottish Gaelic for 'purse') is a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress. It is a pouch that performs the same function as pockets on the pocketless Scottish kilt.
  • Purse, sporran, apron (of crab), bursa, burse
  • Pouch worn hand's breadth below belt on front of a kilt, used as pocket.
  • A purse-like object worn in front of a kilt. Dress sporrans, such as a horse hair sporran, do not always have storage space.