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Purse
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
(2):
(n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
(3):
(n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
(4):
(v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
(5):
(v. t.) To put into a purse.
(6):
(n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
(7):
(n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
(8):
(n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
(9):
(n.) A specific sum of money
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/purse.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/purse.html. 1828.
