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change purse

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

Examples

  • 1921, Almira Bailey, Vignettes of San Francisco, The San Francisco Journal, “Bags or Sacks,” p. 55, In the East a change purse is scorned by anything masculine, but here all the men carry one, I don’t know why not in the East, nor why in the West.

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