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spleuchans

spleuchans is the plural of spleuchan.

Meaning of spleuchan

Noun

spleuchan (plural spleuchans)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A pouch, especially for tobacco or money.
    • But I was saying, there’s some siller in the spleuchan that’s like the Captain’s ain, for we’ve aye counted it such, baith Ailie and me.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Questions about spleuchans

What is spleuchans the plural of?
Spleuchans is the plural of spleuchan.

Words near spleuchans in the dictionary

  1. splent coal
  2. splents
  3. splet
  4. splette
  5. spleuchan
  6. spleuchans
  7. spleughan
  8. spleughans
  9. splib
  10. splibs
  11. splice

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