purse

  • 31purse — See: LINE ONE S POCKETS also LINE ONE S PURSE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32purse — See: LINE ONE S POCKETS also LINE ONE S PURSE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 33Purse —    1) Gr. balantion, a bag (Luke 10:4; 22:35, 36).    2) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Matt. 10:9; Mark 6:8), a money belt. As to our Lord s sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this there was …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 34purse — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, abbreviate, and pence, assets, award, bag, balance, bank account, billfold, bottom dollar, bucks, budget, capital, cash, cash reserves, checking account, circumscribe, coarct, cocker, cockle,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 35purse — Prize money contained in a purse and hung on a wire which crossed the finish line. Technically, a race to which the owners do not contribute to the prize …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 36purse — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Purse, or wallet for a man or woman …

    English dialects glossary

  • 37purse — The purses of the OT (e.g. Isa. 46:6) were small bags, often poorly made (Hag. 1:6). Because they often allowed coins to drop out, they were an apt symbol for an inflationary economy. They were carried in the girdle or belt (Matt. 10:9). Judas… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 38purse — [OE] Purse was borrowed into Old English from late Latin bursa (source of English bursar [13] and reimburse [17]), which went back to Greek búrsa. This originally meant ‘skin, leather’, and hence came to be used for ‘wineskin, bag’. The Latin… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39purse — See: line one s pockets also line one s purse …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 40purse — noun 1》 chiefly Brit. a small pouch of leather or plastic used for carrying money. 2》 N. Amer. a handbag. 3》 an amount of money available; funds.     ↘a sum of money given as a prize in a sporting contest. verb (with reference to the lips) pucker …

    English new terms dictionary