long purse
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He stepped to his writing table and drew forth a long purse with meshes of green silk and gold.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
She had brought her knitting in a beautiful silk bag, and explained that she was making a long purse of black silk and steel beads, for the sale at the church.
From What Two Children Did by Chittenden, Charlotte E.
I shall be married in white silk; I told father that he would never have another daughter married so that he might as well open his long purse.
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.
They said that no criminal laws had ever been known to prevail against cheek and plausibility such as yours, combined with the power of a long purse.
From The Wind in the Willows by Bransom, Paul
He was a little, pursy, pompous, passionate, semi-circular somebody, with a red nose, a thick skull, a long purse, and a strong sense of his own consequence.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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