Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Robbed of a purse, or of money.
- adjective obsolete Taken from the purse; expended.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unpurse . - adjective Not
pursed .
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Examples
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The major unpursed his lips and abandoned the attempted whistle.
Marion's Faith. Charles King 1888
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The guests, who had looked somewhat sour at the interruption, unpursed their lips, and settled to listen as the minstrel took up his song: -
Gathering of Brother Hilarius Michael Fairless 1885
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My arrival hadn’t unpursed my mother’s lips, but Henry’s happy-go-lucky entrance charmed a smile right out of her.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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My arrival hadn’t unpursed my mother’s lips, but Henry’s happy-go-lucky entrance charmed a smile right out of her.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Mr. Wilson unpursed his lips, then drawled, “Let ’em in.”
The Transom 2006
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"Why," said Dinah, after a long scrutiny, during which she pursed and unpursed her lips half a dozen times at least, "the cards are different,
Hocken and Hunken Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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