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pocketbook

[ pok-it-book ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

handbag ( def 1 ).
a person's financial resources or means:
The price was out of reach of his pocketbook.
Also pock·et book. a book, usually paperback, that is small enough to carry in one's coat pocket.
British.
1. a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
2. a wallet or billfold.

pocketbook

/ ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk /

a small bag or case for money, papers, etc, carried by a handle or in the pocket
modifier concerned with personal finance
pocketbook issues

First recorded in 1610–20; pocket + book

Seemingly possessed by demons, she would slip objects from the homes of rich people they visited into her pocketbook.

Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.

Because they're not limited by their checkbook or pocketbook, they can buy a whole swath of products.

Republicans face increasing difficulty with the Hispanic vote for pocketbook reasons.

Pocketbook issues make Hispanics natural Democrats, not natural Republicans.

He tore out the editorial and put it away carefully in his pocketbook as Montgomery was called.

Then he woke her up, and I took out a pocketbook and said: "Here is what you asked me for this morning, my dear cousin."

"Well, I declare," muttered the Deacon, as he fished a greenback out of a leather pocketbook fastened with a long strap.

"I can," put in Frank, immediately producing his pocketbook.

"Pretty well filled, too," he added, opening the pocketbook and looking into it.

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