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

Nisida placed a heavy purse of gold upon the table, and the abbess nodded an assent to the request contained in the lines inscribed on the tablet.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

Lord Godolphin placed his hand in his pocket, drew out a heavy purse, and, opening it, counted out twenty guineas.

From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Sheldon, Charles Mills

Ortensia heard a sort of chinking thud, as if a heavy purse had fallen on the stones.

From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)