reticule
Example Sentences
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She slipped the letter back in her reticule.
From Literature
She reached into her reticule and drew out a folded letter.
From Literature
But when she saw the small, familiar packet that Miss Mortimer removed from her reticule, she understood.
From Literature
“Well, Mrs. Minturn just sat there with her hands in a bunch until Mrs. Cranston reached down for her reticule, which was just a whisker away from me. She handed her some money.”
From Literature
Gathering “what silver she could crowd into her old-fashioned reticule”—a handbag with a drawstring—she “then Jumped into the chariot with her servant girl Sukey,” said Paul Jennings.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
