pocketbook
noun
pocketbooks
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pluralof pocketbook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"American voters voted with their pocketbooks," Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Metro just can’t open our pocketbooks and throw money at the agency,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“With a resurgence in fuel prices and trade tensions, consumers anticipate greater pressures on their pocketbooks to come,” Joanne Hsu, surveys of consumers director said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“With a resurgence in fuel prices and trade tensions, consumers anticipate greater pressures on their pocketbooks to come,” Joanne Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers, said.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
A small cluster of older ladies clutching pocketbooks, their hair carefully coiffed, probably on a shopping expedition from some province or suburb, smile and coo when he tinkles the opening of “Moonlight Serenade.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
