full purse

Example Sentences

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The company added that Meinke would be paid her full purse and would provide full refunds for fans seeking one.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

The most celebrated of the French fliers was Louis Paulhan, who eventually won a full purse of prize money at Dominguez for the longest and highest flights — one hour, 49 minutes; and 4,164 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Whoever ventures within the bookshops and beside the counters where they are piled will need to have either a full purse or a sternly self-denying temper.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

When at last the net makes a full purse, the ship heads for fishing grounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am the only man who went out with a full purse and returned with an empty one.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes