reticule

Example Sentences

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Auntie Matchmaker set down her bowl, dug an envelope out of her knitted reticule, and passed it to Ma.

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Lady Constance reached into her reticule and extracted the same square, cream-colored envelope that Penelope had spotted on the mail tray the previous day.

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She reached into her reticule and drew out a folded letter.

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But when she saw the small, familiar packet that Miss Mortimer removed from her reticule, she understood.

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“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.”

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