purse
Other forms: purses; pursed; pursing
Though purses are mostly carried by women, this is the kind of purse anyone would love to bring home: it's a prize, usually consisting of money.
The most common meaning of purse, as a woman's bag, can definitely help you remember the "prize" meaning of purse, because a woman who won a purse could carry her winnings in a purse. The non-bag type of purse is usually associated with sporting events: boxers and jockeys win purses. Other times, purse is used to describe money won in another context, like a photography contest. Another meaning is totally different: if you pucker or contract your lips, you're pursing them.
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a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbooktypes:etuismall ornamental ladies' bag for small articlesevening baga handbag used with evening wearreticulea woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuriesshoulder baga large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shouldertype of:containerany object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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a small bag for carrying moneytype of:baga flexible container with a single opening
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a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
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a sum of money offered as a prize
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contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
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