pocketbook
Example Sentences
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By the early 20th century, dictionaries of American slang show gravy drifting from the plate to the pocketbook.
From Salon
“We understand that people understand, as people look at their pocketbooks to go to the grocery store, that there’s still work to do,” Hassett said.
From Los Angeles Times
Washburn says she wants to change her habits for the sake of both the country—which she believes has become too dependent on cheap, imported goods—and her own pocketbook.
But they’re also taking fresh inspiration from Mamdani’s win, pointing to his inclusive, unapologetic campaign and his relentless focus on pocketbook issues, particularly among working-class voters.
From Los Angeles Times
The school that produced Milton Friedman and 34 other Nobel Prize-winning economists is struggling to manage its pocketbook.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
