Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
purse or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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purse + -like
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Examples
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Trigger snapped the container shut, slipped the strap over her shoulder and stood straight, left hand closed over the lower rim of the purselike object.
Legacy James H. Schmitz 1946
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Then there was the clatter of iron shoes upon the stone pavements as the startled horses were led out into the moonlight from their warm dark stalls, the tinkle of curb chains, the wheeze of tightening leather girths, the clicking of curb and snaffle between champing teeth, the purselike chink of spurs on booted heels, the soft dull thud of riders springing into saddles.
Greifenstein 1881
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