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

“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)

And now, with a light heart and a heavy purse, he resolved to visit his sweetheart and parents, of whom, for three years, he had had no tidings.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

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