Obs. [Pg. alforge, Sp. alforja, according to Diez, ad. Arab. al-khorj the store, supply, provision, f. kharaja to proceed.]
1. A wallet, a leather bag, a saddle-bag.
1611. Timberlake, 2 Eng. Pilg., in Harl. Misc. (1753), I. 341. A few Raisins and Bisket, such as we carried in our Alforges.
1779. Johnson, Wks., 1787, IV. 417. Came down to the sea-side with their aliforges, or leather-bottles, to traffic for water.
2. The cheek-pouch of a baboon.
a. 1704. T. Brown, Highlander, Wks. 1730, I. 117. As monkeys their alforges stuff with nuts.
1748. Smollett, Rod. Rand., xviii. (1804), 112. A great bag of loose skin hanging down in wrinkles like the alforjas of a baboon.
