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long purse

noun

  1. informal.
    wealth; riches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"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.

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