noun
purse
PURS/pɜːrs/
A small bag used to carry money.
The small leather purse rests beside a coin and key.
Etymology
The ancestral meaning is hide or leather—the material of the little pouch used to carry money. The name later also came to denote a woman's handbag, extending beyond the original money pouch.
In context
producing an old sheepskin purse from the inside of his waistcoat. Here is your money. Four trips, four pennies.
More examples
- I keep a small coin purse in my jacket pocket.
- His leather purse holds a few folded bills.
- These purses have zippers to keep loose change inside.
Forms
purse · purses