purse

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"Anything that looks like it may have something inside of it like a purse is a big target," he said.

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  1. noun A woman's bag for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items; a handbag.
  2. noun A small bag or pouch for carrying money.
  3. noun Something that resembles a bag or pouch.
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  • I will see, my heart, when my purse is a little less empty, what I can do for those good and saintly Fathers of the sacred Valley [La Trappe]. —  Ruin of a Princess
  • "Anything that looks like it may have something inside of it like a purse is a big target," he said. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
  • We tried to sneak her in secretly in my purse, but a little lady came up and announced in a loud voice how cute the puppy in my purse was and told us a story about her dog that was put to sleep.
  • Every shilling in her purse was the property of John Ball, if Mr Slow's statement were true. —  Miss Mackenzie
  • Wherever he came he lived on the best, and the dearer the better, as his purse was always full. —  Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin bursa; see bursa.

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  1. from Middle English purse, purs, pors, an altered form of burs, bors, from Old French borse, bourse, French bourse = Italian borsa, from Middle Latin bursa, byrsa, from Greek βύρσα, a hide or skin. Cf. burse, bourse.
  2. from Middle English pursen, porsen; from purse, n. For the sense ‘wrinkle,’ ‘pucker’ (like the mouth of a purse drawn together with a gathering-string), cf. pucker, as related to poke, a bag, sack, pocket.
 

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