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purseful|ˈpɜːsfʊl|
[f. purse n. + -ful.]
As much as fills a purse.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 62/283 A porsful of panes bi þe weie he fond. 1693J. Dryden jun. in Dryden Juvenal's Sat. (1697) 364 Thy Teeth..a Purseful of dear Gold, The last Remains of all thy Treasure, hold. 1846Mrs. Gore Sk. Eng. Char. (1852) 7 The unthrifty, who had flung about pursefulls of those bits of tin, began to hoard the new issue of the mint, as having more significance. |