| 单词 | long purse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong purse long purse n. colloquial (a purse containing) plenty of money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] > in which there is plenty of money long purse1650 1650 M. Nedham Case Common-wealth Eng. ii. 83 He ordinarily gains the best bargain of Authority, that hath the longest Purse, and most powerfull Tongue. 1734 T. Cooke tr. Terence Eunuch v. xiii, in tr. Terence Comedys II. 429 The Captain..has a long Purse, and is as free with it as a Man can be. 1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 551 For longer purses there are hard woods in all combinations. 1910 ‘Saki’ Reginald in Russia 105 The long arm, or perhaps one might better say the long purse, of diplomacy at last effected the release of the prisoners. 2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons xi. 56 The banks and building societies and property companies had loud voices, smooth lawyers and long purses. < as lemmas |
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