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Meanings of little purse in English

We have no meanings for "little purse" in our records yet.
Usage of little purse in English
1
She took from her girdle the little purse containing all her store.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
2
She handed over a small old Geneva watch and a little purse.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
3
Let's make up a little purse among us for a Christmas present.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903
4
Begin again: 'I'm going to finish your toilette, my dear little purse.'
A Love Episode
5
He shakes his head and drops a little purse into my hand.
The King’s Curse
6
And then Olivia emptied the contents of the little purse on her lap.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
7
He picked up the flat little purse and handed it back to her.
The Lovely Lady
8
Mr. Coavins gave a guinea, and the follerers made up a little purse.
Bleak House
9
She hunted for her little purse and gravely took out a threepenny bit.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
10
And Barkilphedro placed a little purse on a table before Ursus.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
11
See, and she opened a little purse, showing only a few silver coins.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
12
Her majesty, Mrs. Inchbare, never even looked at her subject's poor little purse.
Man and Wife
13
Thus, it becomes a neat little purse-sized bag, or a single, slim sack.
Wired
14
She ran back into her bedroom for the little purse.
Up in Ardmuirland
15
My father left me a little purse of gold that I shall never need.
Marietta: A Maid of Venice
16
But I have saved my little purse for Alfred's premium: I have ninety-two pounds.
Middlemarch
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Little purse through the time
Little purse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common