pocketbook
noun
- a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
- a wallet or billfold.
Origin of pocketbook
Examples from the Web for pocketbook
Contemporary Examples of pocketbook
Seemingly possessed by demons, she would slip objects from the homes of rich people they visited into her pocketbook.
Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.
Because they're not limited by their checkbook or pocketbook, they can buy a whole swath of products.
Republicans face increasing difficulty with the Hispanic vote for pocketbook reasons.
Pocketbook issues make Hispanics natural Democrats, not natural Republicans.
Historical Examples of pocketbook
She had seen the little roll of bills in her mother's pocketbook.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
Then he went deeper into his pocketbook and took out a small photograph.
The Innocent AdventuressMary Hastings Bradley
He delved for the pocketbook, opened it—and found no certificate therein.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
He took out the pocketbook once more and from it extracted a two-dollar bill.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
I don't remember how it came about or how the pocketbook and the pencil came into my hands.
The Shadow-LineJoseph Conrad