Definition of purse

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Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

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Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Sport :: Sporran (n.) A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Marsipobranchia :: Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii..
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.
Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..
Purse :: Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.
Purse :: Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
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