long purse

noun

"I guess where you are, Master Richard—you would save your countryman's long purse," said Jenkin.

He produced a long purse, with the greatest coolness, and counted them out on the table and pushed them over to me.

He drew from his pocket a long purse, took out a certain number of gold pieces, and offered them to the "horse-dealer."

Wright took out a long purse full of guineas: then put it up again, and opened a pocket-book full of bank-notes.

But the camera sold for this large sum demands a purchaser with something more than a long purse.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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