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change purse

change purse noun: a small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.

change purse: a small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins
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Noun

change purse (plural change purses)

  1. (Canada, US) A small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.
    • Not having enough money in her change-purse to pay for them, she took a roll of bills from a bill-fold in her inner pocket, and, taking five dollars from the roll, returned it to its place of safety in the lining of her coat.1919, Hildegard G. Frey, chapter 18, in The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery, New York: A. L. Burt, page 198
    • In the East a change purse is scorned by anything masculine, but here all the men carry one, I don’t know why not in the East, nor why in the West.1921, Almira Bailey, Vignettes of San Francisco, The San Francisco Journal, “Bags or Sacks,” p. 55
    Synonyms:
    coin purse

Synonyms of change purse

Forms of change purse

pluralchange purses

Questions about change purse

What does change purse mean?
Change purse means a small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.
What part of speech is change purse?
Change purse is a noun.
What is the plural of change purse?
The plural of change purse is change purses.

Words near change purse in the dictionary

  1. change over
  2. change parade
  3. change parades
  4. change place
  5. change places
  6. change purse
  7. change purses
  8. change sides
  9. change sides, change signs
  10. change someone's mind
  11. change someone's tune

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