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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French sabretache, from German.

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sabretasche (plural sabretasches)

  1. (military, obsolete) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the swordbelt.
    • 1840, Charles Lever, O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon:
      Oh, love is the soul of an Irish dragoon In battle, in bivouac, or in saloon, From the tip of his spur to his bright sabretasche.

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