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What is the noun for purses?

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purse
  1. A small bag for carrying money.
  2. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
  3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
  4. (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “They made a quick stop at the market, where Barth purchased Linera a leather purse in which she could carry her other dress, and what she may.”
      “Do not ride motorcycles at any time during Songkran and keep your purse in a plastic bag unless you like soggy money.”
      “But, in the real world, who exactly is it who has a heavier purse today at my expense?”
purseful
  1. as much as a purse can hold
  2. Examples:
    1. “The poor blighter's reward for being caught and sentenced to death was a purseful of money.”
      “What shoppers win see now, however, is a plethora of own label products and a purseful of loyalty cards.”
pursing
  1. An expression or motion that purses.
purset
  1. (obsolete) A purse or purse net.
pursefuls
  1. plural of purseful
pursings
  1. plural of pursing
pursets
  1. plural of purset
purses
  1. plural of purse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He can also choose to pad his pockets by lifting the purses and jewels off passers-by as they walk through the streets.”
      “Vintage bowling bags have been reinvented as women's accessories, from compacts to purses.”
      “Of course, while these cheques sit in our wallets and purses, they aren't earning us money, so we're losing out on interest.”
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