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SPLEUCHAN
Etymology
Noun
spleuchan (plural spleuchans)
(Scotland) A pouch, as for tobacco.
Source: Wiktionary
Spleu"chan, n. Etym: [Gael. spliuchan.]
Definition: A pouch, as for tobacco. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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