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
Just as the carriage was going off, she put a heavy purse in her daughter's hand.
From The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de
It was the Duke who now first rallied, and throwing down a heavy purse of coin on the table before the astrologer, he called to his companion to follow him.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
Many have a heavy conscience to carry with a heavy purse; but these he need not envy.
From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Sinclair, Catherine
