pucker
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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You will see by the accompanying chaps, that I am puckering in my purse, and will be able to tell me what you think of the wind-up.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund