fat purse

Example Sentences

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Said a Teheran lawyer: "An empty pocket now holds as much power as a fat purse."

From Time Magazine Archive

Also he mentally counted a third fat purse �$3,375.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now that the critics have roasted MacBird into a gilt-edged annuity, she will have to reconcile herself to fame and a fat purse.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I shall give a franc to every one of them," said Nancy, taking out her small fat purse, as the first one-armed mendicant held out his greasy hat.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

At length the lady drew from underneath herself an exceedingly fat purse.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)