heavy purse
Example Sentences
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Many of her customers are harried women for whom it is a great relief to sit down, doff a heavy purse and let a caring helper guide them through the experience of sampling aromas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2010
I held up my newly heavy purse in one hand and shook it, knowing he could tell the ring of true Cealdish silver inside.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
In half an hour come to my house; there will I exchange a heavy purse for what you may confide to me, if, as you say, it leads to his perdition.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan’s industry can never get empty.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by William Alexander Clouston
And now, with a light heart and a heavy purse, he resolved to visit his sweetheart and parents, of whom, for three years, he had had no tidings.
From Israel Potter by Herman Melville
