Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rich.
- noun As much as a purse will hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun as much as a
purse can hold
Etymologies
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Examples
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Terrified, Blitz told the tale, a purseful of coin at most, to be split four ways.
Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011
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Blessed is the purseful, for they shall obtain purses.
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We had seen them on souvenir stalls, but they were bronze and cost a purseful.
See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005
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She had a whole purseful of little tester strips that you have to urinate on.
2 strange dreams Holly 2004
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She had a whole purseful of little tester strips that you have to urinate on.
Archive 2004-06-01 Holly 2004
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It was quite a trick, but then his mother had a whole purseful of tricks.
Hot And Bothered Leigh, Jo 1999
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Not that she could qualify as a threat, armed with a flashlight and a purseful of prenatal vitamins and other such perks of life in modern America.
Pirates Linda Miller 1995
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Bruised, grazed, and dusty as she was, Raihna could have walked into any tavern and danced her way to a purseful of silver.
Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992
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"And I must make it a rule that no one is to take out more than a purseful at a time, and only after satisfying me that the money is required for some legitimate purpose."
In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1895
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From the cupboard, too, he brought the big black bow and a sheath of arrows, also a purseful of gold pieces from where they were kept, and with them the leathern bag which he had worn when I found him on the quay.
The Virgin of the Sun Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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