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• n  a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
• n  a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
  he made the contribution out of his own purse
  he and his wife shared a common purse
• n  a small bag for carrying money
• n  a sum of money offered as a prize
  the purse barely covered the winner's expenses
• v  contract one's lips into a rounded shape
• v  gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
  purse ones's lips

• A purse maker, a bronze maker and a railroad purchaser made news last week as successful, self-made men.
• Nursing has become an overcrowded profession, not because of a dearth of sick people to attend, but because of purses too slim to pay for nursing services, and because of too .
• Uncle Sam patted his purse.

• bag
• handbag
• pocketbook
• wrinkle

News & Articles

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• Purse, Wallet Thefts on the Rise in Roseville
  ROSEVILLE- Police say there have been at least 10 cases of purse and wallet snatching in the past two weeks in Roseville’s busy shopping district. Roseville Police tell FOX40 they believe they know who’s behind it. The thieves have hit …
  June 21, 2013 - FOX40 Sacramento
• Samaritan's Purse Helps 'Salvage' Remains From Colo. Black Forest Fire
  Disaster relief teams with the North Carolina-based Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week where the massive Black Forest fire burned more than 14,000 acres, destroyed nearly 500 homes and claimed two lives. Since setting up its Disaster Relief Unit on Wednesday at a local church, the ministry has already received requests for help from 190 ...
  June 21, 2013 - The Christian Post
• Paige Goscilo caught with purse full of shoplifted video games, police say
  A woman tried to shoplift 13 video games by hiding them in her purse, officials said. Paige M. Goscilo was stopped with the games, valued at $286.85, as she was leaving the Target store at 3835 Dryland Way, Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton Co., at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday, officials said. Goscilo was arraigned on charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property and committed to the ...
  June 21, 2013 - WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey

Quotes

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• Nicole Richie in FOXNews
  _A Dec. 10, 2003, Billboard awards show in which reality show star Nicole Richie said:"Have you ever tried to get cow s--- out of a Prada purse? It's not so f------ simple."
• Barack Obama in Bloomberg
  I recognize that Congress has the power of the purse,Obama said. "As a former senator, I believe that individual members of Congress understand their districts best."
• Vice President Dick Cheney in Jerusalem Post
  We are moving forward,Dick Cheney told CNN about Bush's decision to escalate. "Congress has control over the purse strings, they have the right, obviously, if they want, to cut off funding, but in terms of this effort, the president has...