pocketbook
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.
Noun
pocketbook (plural pocketbooks)
- (US) A woman's purse.
- (figuratively) One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.
- (uncommon) A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket.
- The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.
- (Can we date this quote?), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Risk Management Pocket Guide, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- The kit is produced in three parts including a pocket book designed to fit into a shirt pocket for everyday on-the-job use, a more detailed guide and a training CD. The kit includes a hazard reporting and feedback notebook and hazard management process prompt cards to remind workers of common hazards they may encounter in day-to-day operations.
- 2011, Leslie Stephen, Swift, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 10:
- "I have now lost", he wrote in his pocketbook, "the last barrier between me and death..."
- 2015, Graham Ison, Whispering Grass, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- Dave recorded the information in his pocketbook and looked Gibbs straight in the eye.
Translations
woman's purse
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one's personal budget
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small book — see also paperback
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notebook — see notebook