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单词 privy purse
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privy purse

noun
(In the UK) taxed funds provided by the Duchy of Lancaster to meet some official expenditure incurred by the monarch, plus his or her private expenses.Breaking pledges given at the time of independence, the government abolished all royal titles and privileges in 1971 and stopped payment of special pensions, called privy purses....
  • Sarah was made mistress of the robes, groom of the stole and keeper of the privy purse, which put her in control of the royal household.
  • Although he feels the princes were betrayed by the government when the privy purses were abolished, he has a positive way of looking at it.
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