Synonyms:
bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
Meaning: a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
Synonyms:
purse
Meaning: a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse; "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
Synonyms:
purse
Meaning: a small bag for carrying money
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
purse
Meaning: contract one's lips into a rounded shape
Usage examples
The Green Silk Purse
I pulled out my purse, but to my dismay there was nothing in it.
"My spirits are not equal to it; besides, I must finish the purse.
"It's been disagreeable but I'm obliged to you for--why, where's my purse!
"Well done, good mother!" cried the prince, again thrusting his hand into his purse.
And a person's taste is as much his own peculiar concern as his opinion or his purse.
'Then two are cheaper than one?' Alice said in a surprised tone, taking out her purse.
After some weeks he returned, with a few more cents in his purse than when he started!
"I am a master of philosophy, a graduate in art, and I hold the purse of a Fortunatus.
'You shall lack nothing, Herbert, that either counsel or purse of mine may reach unto.'