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purse

noun as in tote for carrying personal items

noun as in award; winnings

verb as in press together

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On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.

The padlocked door down the hall was now open, and I found my purse.

She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.

Available at La Boîte SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse, $70 We can all agree the dorky passport holders and money bags have got to go.

These are longer than traditional ads, mini-stories, designed to pull at heart- as well as purse strings.

Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.

I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.

Ernest called out; "you have forgotten your money;" and he held out a purse, but the man was gone.

A Cremona Violin is, to a rich amateur, a loadstone that is sure to attract the shining metal from the depths of his purse.

She did not smile as she opened a black purse and produced an envelope which she handed to Delancy.

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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purse, such as: bag, handbag, pocket, pocketbook, pouch, and wallet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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