heavy purse
Example Sentences
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Many of her customers are harried women for whom it is a great relief to sit down, doff a heavy purse and let a caring helper guide them through the experience of sampling aromas.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2010
I held up my newly heavy purse in one hand and shook it, knowing he could tell the ring of true Cealdish silver inside.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Ortensia heard a sort of chinking thud, as if a heavy purse had fallen on the stones.
From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
“Here is your reward,” and she presented him a heavy purse of gold.
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)
A splendid gun, pistols, and a sword, with the hilt studded with gems, completed his outfit; while Stanislas had been presented with a heavy purse of money.
From A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
