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purse

(pûrs)

1. A usually closable bag used for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items, especially by women; a handbag.

2. A usually closable small bag or pouch for carrying money.

3. Something that resembles a bag or pouch, such as a purse seine.

4. An available amount of money or resources: a project funded by the public purse.

5. A sum of money collected as a present or offered as a prize.

tr.v. pursed, purs·ing, purs·es

To gather or contract (the lips or brow) into wrinkles or folds; pucker.

[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin bursa; see bursa.]

purse′like′ adj.

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purselike

(ˈpɜːsˌlaɪk)

adj

resembling a purse

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