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notecase

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note⋅case

[noht-keys]
–noun Chiefly British.
billfold.

Origin:
1830–40; note + case 2

bill⋅fold

[bil-fohld]
–noun
1. a thin, flat, folding case, often of leather, for carrying paper money in the pocket and with fewer compartments than a wallet.
2. wallet (def. 1).
Also called, especially British, notecase.


Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; bill 1 + fold 1
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notecase

noun
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet
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