well-lined purse

Example Sentences

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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

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)

At the end of a fortnight my mistress was married, and I again set out on my travels with a well-lined purse.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

If, on the other hand, one could always lay one's hands on a well-lined purse, as those rogues have done to-night, one might be content to risk something in the world to come.'

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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)