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[ purs ] SHOW IPA
/ pɜrs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun handbag (def. 1).
Also called change purse [cheynj -purs] /ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˌpɜrs/ . a small bag, pouch, or case for carrying money.
anything resembling a purse in appearance, use, etc.
a sum of money offered as a prize or reward.
a sum of money collected as a present or the like.
money, resources, or wealth.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), pursed, purs·ing. to contract into folds or wrinkles; pucker: to purse one's lips.
to put into a purse.
Origin of purse First recorded before 1100; (noun) Middle English, Old English purs, blend of pusa “bag” (cognate with Old Norse posi ) and Medieval Latin bursa “bag” (ultimately from Greek býrsa “hide, leather”); (verb) Middle English pursen “to put in a purse,” derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM purse purse·less, adjective purse·like, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH purse briefcase, handbag, pocketbook, purse , valise, wallet Words nearby purse purpuric, purpurin, purpurinuria, purr, purree, purse , purse crab, pursed lips breathing, purse-proud, purser, purse seine
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Example sentences from the Web for purse On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse .
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The padlocked door down the hall was now open, and I found my purse .
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She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.
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These are longer than traditional ads, mini-stories, designed to pull at heart- as well as purse strings.
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When I travel and kids run up to me, all that the girls want to do is look in my purse and put on my lip glosses and chapsticks.
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He put the purse back, and covered it again with great care.
Wenderholme | Philip Gilbert Hamerton
And that's why you wanted to prove me a thief with this purse .
The Road to Damascus | August Strindberg
I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the asbestos, which purifies by fire.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin
It is occupied by one of his officers, who carries the purse and makes payments.
At the Point of the Bayonet | G. A. Henty
Arthur explained his hasty return by alleging he had forgot his purse at the convent.
Anne of Geierstein | Walter Scott
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British Dictionary definitions for purse noun a small bag or pouch, often made of soft leather, for carrying money, esp coins
US and Canadian a woman's handbag
anything resembling a small bag or pouch in form or function
wealth; funds
a sum of money that is offered, esp as a prize
verb (tr) to contract (the mouth, lips, etc) into a small rounded shape
Word Origin for purse Old English purs, probably from Late Latin bursa bag, ultimately from Greek: leather
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Idioms and Phrases with purse In addition to the idiom beginning with purse
also see:
can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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Words related to purse pocketbook, pocket, wallet, bag, handbag, pouch, money, reward, prize, gift, wealth, pucker, poke, hide, leather, clutch, frame, sack, receptacle, bursa