Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rich.
  • noun As much as a purse will hold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun as much as a purse can hold

Etymologies

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purse +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • Terrified, Blitz told the tale, a purseful of coin at most, to be split four ways.

    Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011

  • Blessed is the purseful, for they shall obtain purses.

    Evan Eisenberg: The King George Version 2008

  • We had seen them on souvenir stalls, but they were bronze and cost a purseful.

    See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

  • She had a whole purseful of little tester strips that you have to urinate on.

    2 strange dreams Holly 2004

  • She had a whole purseful of little tester strips that you have to urinate on.

    Archive 2004-06-01 Holly 2004

  • It was quite a trick, but then his mother had a whole purseful of tricks.

    Hot And Bothered Leigh, Jo 1999

  • Not that she could qualify as a threat, armed with a flashlight and a purseful of prenatal vitamins and other such perks of life in modern America.

    Pirates Linda Miller 1995

  • Bruised, grazed, and dusty as she was, Raihna could have walked into any tavern and danced her way to a purseful of silver.

    Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992

  • "And I must make it a rule that no one is to take out more than a purseful at a time, and only after satisfying me that the money is required for some legitimate purpose."

    In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1895

  • From the cupboard, too, he brought the big black bow and a sheath of arrows, also a purseful of gold pieces from where they were kept, and with them the leathern bag which he had worn when I found him on the quay.

    The Virgin of the Sun Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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