Meaning of change purse | Babel Free

Definitions

A small purse or pouch designed for carrying coins.

Canada, US

Examples

“Not having enough money in her change-purse to pay⟳ for them, she took a roll of bills from a bill-fold in her inner pocket, and, taking five dollars from the roll, returned it to its place⟳ of safety in the lining of her coat.”

“1921, Almira Bailey, Vignettes of San Francisco, The San Francisco Journal, “Bags or Sacks,” p. 55, In the East a change⟳ purse is scorned by anything masculine, but here all the men carry⟳ one, I don’t know⟳ why not in the East, nor why in the West.”

“And off went packages and bundles and wallets and bags; they whirled around the cashier’s desk in a clutter, hands digging into pocketbooks seeking change-purses, and fingers rummaging in change-purses for coins, and down below, in a forest of alien legs and hems and overcoats, children no longer held by the hand became lost and started crying.”

“[…] as any Commonwealth native knows just by sifting through her change⟳ purse, the Queen is the most pictured living person in history.”

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