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burse

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/Sorted bersuStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small purse or pouch, especially one used in church contexts.

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).

Used in a sentence

  • Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us.
  • Try a burse instead – sort of a bag, sort of a purse, inspired by the cases that hold the corporal cloth used in mass, and designed to be carried by men.

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