Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..

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Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Burse :: Burse (n.) A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
Purse :: Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.
B :: B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The sma
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit..
Leathern :: Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Cobbing :: Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2..
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