Synonyms for pocketbook
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pok-it-boo k |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒk ɪtˌbʊk |
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Définition of pocketbook
Origin :- also pocket-book, 1610s, originally a small book meant to be carried in one's pocket, from pocket (n.) + book (n.). Meaning "a booklike leather folder for papers, bills, etc." is from 1722. Meaning "a woman's purse" is from 1816.
- noun accessory for carrying personal items
- She had seen the little roll of bills in her mother's pocketbook.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- Then he went deeper into his pocketbook and took out a small photograph.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- He delved for the pocketbook, opened it—and found no certificate therein.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He took out the pocketbook once more and from it extracted a two-dollar bill.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I don't remember how it came about or how the pocketbook and the pencil came into my hands.
- Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
- Well, he has stolen Mr. John's pocketbook and some jewelry belonging to him.
- Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- He took a card from his pocketbook, and gave it to the mother.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Bohemia » by William Dean Howells
- "Let this be mine, Gavin," answered Andrew, reaching for his pocketbook.
- Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
- Don't you want to look in your pocketbook and see if everything is all right, sir?
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
- You were to keep your eye on us until the pocketbook reached its owner.
- Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
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