Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wallet
IPA transcription: [w'ɔlət]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook
    Meaning: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
Usage examples
  • Then he opens his wallet, takes out the bottle containing clear liquid, and takes a nip.
  • He put the salad into his wallet, climbed over the wall, and went off to find the castle of his beloved.
  • When removed from her home and placed on the artificial wallet, the mother Thomisus obstinately refused to settle there.
  • The gentleman put his wallet back hurriedly as if some one had laughed at it, and cast a quick, hurt look at his broker.
  • The Thomisus' wallet, sheathed in leaves over the greater part of its surface, never bursts; nor does the lid rise, so carefully is it sealed down.
  • For four or five weeks longer, the mother never ceases her leisurely inspection-rounds, happy at hearing the new-born Spiders swarming in the wallet.
  • The wallet on his back was almost empty, and he carried a stick in his hand, cut from one of the high, thick box hedges that surround most of the farms in Lower Normandy.
  • Each had a long stout walking-stick: and slung from the shoulder a leathern bottle for water, and a wallet containing his greatest treasure--a book or two and some relics.
  • Then Allison thoughtfully suggested a handsome leather wallet for Uncle Herbert, and Julia Cloud lingered by the handkerchief-counter, and selected half a dozen new fine handkerchiefs.
  • So the white dog, who was the stronger of the two, took the purse with the twelve golden coins, and put it in a large wallet which he wore at his side, and then both the wonderful animals said good-bye.