| purse | a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) |
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| purse | a small bag for carrying money |
| purse | a sum of money offered as a prize |
| purse | a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse |
| purse | contract one's lips into a rounded shape |
| purse | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds |
| purse | a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line |
| purse | a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
| purse | proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction) |
| purse | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman |
| purse | an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare |