| 单词 | penny purse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny purse penny purse n. a purse for pence or small coins. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] pungeOE by-girdlec1000 purselOE almonerc1330 pouch1355 almonryc1450 penny purse1523 cherry-bag1539 money bag1562 bung1567 jan1610 penny pouch1650 coda1680 zone1692 spung1728 money purse1759 spleuchan1787 skin1795 sporran1817 fisc1820 moneybelt1833 poke1859 purse-belt1901 1523 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 198 To ilk ane of thame ane penny purs and xj s. in money. 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 430 in Wks. (1931) II. 44 Thankit be god I am weill hippit, Thocht all my gold may sone be grippit In till ane penny purss. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xvii. 30 His heart was shrivelled like a Leather peny-purse, nor were his lungs found. 1846 J. J. Oswandel Jrnl. in Notes Mexican War 24 Dec. (1885) 23 This morning after breakfast our company made up a penny purse for the purpose of getting up a supper; each man paid in fifty cents. 1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 66 There is a tendency to chuck criteria into the penny-purse of a proposition containing a single subject and a single predicate. 2003 Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser (Nexis) 28 Apr. b6 Alicia..jokes about being broke, but soon..her penny purse will become even lighter. < as lemmas |
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