long purse

British  

noun

1. informal wealth; riches

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Example Sentences

After all, we want to make the theatres less of a gamble and to reduce needless expenses so as not to render the battle a triumph for the long purse.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham

She must either have a tremendously long purse or great persuasive powers to get them, for her salon is the only place outside the churches where one can hear them.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Rastelli, afterwards a witness, was employed as courier, and to him was delegated the all-powerful argument of a long purse.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Mr. Smith has untiring energy, which does something; self-evident honesty of conviction, which does more; and a long purse, which does most of all.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

It was just the same with the wife of the gentle-hearted Racine, when he threw down a long purse of golden Louis XVI. he had got hold of, on the table.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul