What is "purses"

Usage examples of "purses".

Nobody had ever seen my watches or my snuff-boxes before, and I had even changed my purses for fear of anybody recognizing me by them.

Next day I had shoals of visitors, and many of the chiefs of the party opposed to Branicki sent me purses full of gold.

It was postponed till the next, and the princes, counts, barons, and knights spent the winter in the capital, unless their purses forbade them to indulge in the luxuries of Court life.

I may tell you that my means are small, but that I have friends whose purses are always open to me.

The drawers of the bureau contained all her diamonds and four purses full of sequins.

He came back in half an hour in tears, and took out of his shoes two purses containing three hundred and fifty sequins, and, the gaoler going before, he went to take them to the secretary.

I was beginning to think she was an evil robot, programmed to prattle on about purses until her frosty-pink lip gloss dried up.

She had any number of new and fancy purses that she used on dress occasions, but this was the battered thing she used on her shopping trips, when she expected to be in crowds.

Even if he went to a secondhand store, the purses would be furbished to look as good as possible.

There were skirts, blouses, dresses, suits, slacks and sweaters, purses, scarves, and shoes.

Vickie and Rosie watched in stunned amazement, their jaws dropping, as sixteen seniors climbed out of the vehicle, purses and knapsacks slung around their shoulders.

The jostling and buffeting in a place like this made it ideal for snatching purses and picking pockets, especially working with a team of like-minded souls, but, apart from his thirst, his luck having turned so sour today, he was in no mood for it.

In a more practical attempt to push the concern from his mind, and in direct contradiction of his earlier vow, he had managed to steal two purses before he turned into the familiar twisted street with its uneven, cart-rutted surface and disordered tiers of neglected and abandoned dwellings on either side.

He threw the two unopened purses on the table in front of the old man.

The simple statement, meaning that the owners were unaware of their purses being taken, was more than a casual remark.