purse
/pɚs/ nom B1En français : bourse, portemonnaie, portefeuille, sac à main
- A small bag for carrying money.
- A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
Pluriel purses
Dans la bibliothèque
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
They all paint tables, cover screens, and net purses.
The word is applied to many a woman who deserves it no otherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen; but I am very far from agreeing with you in your estimation of ladies in general.
He was bemoaning himself this morning because he could not get someone to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found, and which were too much for his purse.”
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