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long purse

long purse noun: riches; wealth; significant financial resources.

Noun

long purse (plural long purses)

  1. riches; wealth; significant financial resources
    • He had now been there five years, and many prudent farmers did not hesitate to say that they hoped he had a long purse — for what between repairs, and new outbuildings, and stone fences, and drains, and improved stock, besides a run of company — there must be a terrible outlay of money.1855, Azel Stevens Roe, A long look ahead; or, The first stroke and the last
    • "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90

Forms of long purse

plurallong purses

Questions about long purse

What does long purse mean?
Long purse means riches; wealth; significant financial resources.
What part of speech is long purse?
Long purse is a noun.
What is the plural of long purse?
The plural of long purse is long purses.

Words near long purse in the dictionary

  1. long prices
  2. long primer
  3. long profile
  4. long profiles
  5. long purples
  6. long purse
  7. long purses
  8. long QT syndrome
  9. long ranger
  10. long rangers
  11. Long Reach

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