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purse
(pûrs)n.
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.
purselike
(ˈpɜːsˌlaɪk)adj
resembling a purse