WordNet
purse string
n. a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse
Usage examples of "purse string".
Slowly pull the purse string tight, looking for civilians or aircars in the area, concealed or trying to keep concealed.
Thieves were positioning themselves in all the best and busiest places, where they might cut a purse string without ever being noticed, or if they were discovered, where they could melt away into a swirling crowd of bright colors and flowing robes.
The guards glared in annoyance, but the fragile old landholder pulled his cracked lips together like a purse string drawn tight.
Nothing she had seen in Bond Street that day had tempted her to undo her purse string.