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saddlebag (n.)
also saddle-bag, 1774, from saddle (n.) + bag (n.).
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saddler (n.)
"maker of saddles," c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from saddle (v.).
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Sadducee (n.)
Old English, from Late Latin Sadducaei (plural), from Greek Zaddoukaios, an inexact transliteration of Hebrew tzedoqi, from personal name Tzadhoq "Zadok" (II Samuel viii.17), the high priest from whom the priesthood of the captivity claimed descent. According to Josephus, the sect denied the resurrection of the dead and the existence of angels and spirits; but later historians regard them as more the political party of the priestly class than a sect per se. Related: Sadducean.
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Sadie 
fem. proper name, a familiar form of Sarah. Sadie Hawkins Day (1939) is from name of a character in U.S. newspaper cartoon strip "Li'l Abner," by Al Capp (1909-1979); in reference to a day in early November in which women take the lead in romantic matters.
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sadism (n.)
"love of cruelty," 1888, from French sadisme, from the name of Count Donatien A.F. de Sade (1740-1815). Not a marquis, though usually now called one, he was notorious for cruel sexual practices he described in his novels.
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sadist (n.)
1892, from sadism + -ist.
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sadistic (adj.)
1892, after German sadistisch; see sadism. Related: Sadistically.
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sadly (adv.)
c. 1300, "heavily," also "solidly," from sad + -ly (2). Meaning "sorrowfully" is mid-14c.
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sadness (n.)
early 14c., "seriousness," from sad + -ness. Meaning "sorrowfulness" is c. 1500, perhaps c. 1400.
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sado-masochism (n.)
also sadomasochism, 1916, from combining form of sadism + masochism. Abbreviation S & M first attested 1965. An earlier word for sexualities that focused on violence was algolagnia.
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