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Word entry · 5 letters

purse

Best crossword clue

"Small handbag"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /pɜːs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eprsuStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
1P2U3R4S5E

Definitions

  1. contract one's lips into a rounded shape

Word origin

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.
  • It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.

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