pocketbook
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.
a notebook for carrying in one's pocket.
a wallet or billfold.
Origin of pocketbook
1Words that may be confused with pocketbook
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How to use pocketbook in a sentence
This time, he gallops onto the national stage as defender of the faith—a stance that may open some pocketbooks.
The Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate Was a Nightmare for Science | Michael Schulson | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd on her journey, her stern, little black pocketbooks were a perfect accessory.
Her pocketbooks came to be viewed as veritable munitions depots constructed of polished black leather.
Pocketbooks can signify a common touch among the most rarified.
Part of the reason is that American voters usually care more about their own pocketbooks than foreign policy.
It is therefore the one in which people usually keep the things which they especially value, and their pocketbooks or handbags.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale Gilman"Russia leather," formerly made only in Russia, has been a favorite material for the choicest kinds of pocketbooks and satchels.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowrySewing machines are used in the making of gloves, pocketbooks, traveling bags, and other articles of this character.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryHe had little use for men who came to him with risky propositions and empty pocketbooks.
The Modern Railroad | Edward HungerfordMany fine watches, much valuable jewelry, and innumerable pocketbooks were collected in the sack, in a miscellaneous heap.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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
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