Purses
[pə:siz]
Examples
- I trembled to think of the ruined purses this day's performances might result in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Judy, with her brother's wink, shakes her head and purses up her mouth into no without saying it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They all paint tables, cover screens, and net purses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I will acquaint them with the true secret of money-catching, the certain way to fill empty purses, and how to keep them always full. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Maces, bags, and purses indignantly proclaim silence and frown at the man from Shropshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Edith