purse
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from Old English pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”), and partly from Old English burse (“pouch, bag”).
Old English pusa comes from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), from Proto-Indo-European *būs- (“to swell, stuff”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (bursa, “hide, wine-skin”).
Compare also Old French borse (French: bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).
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purse (plural purses)
- A small bag for carrying money.
- 1550 Mierdman, Steuen, The market or fayre of usurers
- And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.
- 1550 Mierdman, Steuen, The market or fayre of usurers
- (US) A small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items.
- A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
- It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
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- (small bag for carrying money): pocketbook; coin purse, change purse
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purse (third-person singular simple present purses, present participle pursing, simple past and past participle pursed)
- (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
- 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- When you're feeling in the dumps
- Don't be silly chumps
- Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.
- 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
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[edit] Estonian
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- IPA: /ˈpurse/
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purse (genitive purske, partitive purset)
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purse
- (metallurgy) flash
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Declension of purse (type hame)
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