well-lined purse
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Revenge for social injustice was all Abt wanted, but somehow the Baron's fur coat and well-lined purse made life more complicated than ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Try also to remember us,' she added, as she embraced him, and placed in his hand Venetia's well-lined purse.
From Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Lucky for him, he had a well-lined purse to begin with, or he could hardly have come to the root of things, or made such radical reforms as he did.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
I dare say, wherever that fellow has gone, he has carried a well-lined purse with him.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
A well-lined purse enabled me to make all due and fitting preparations.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)