purseful
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pursfull, porsful, equivalent to purse + -ful.
Noun[edit]
purseful (plural pursefuls)
- As much as a purse can hold.
- 1999, Rebecca Brandewyne, And Gold Was Ours, page 124:
- After claiming his prize the matador then retrieved his montera from the queen, who returned the hat along with a purseful of gold coins.
Translations[edit]
as much as a purse can hold
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