pocketbook
/ˈpɒkɪtbʊk
/noun
1British A notebook: a record of the caution shall be made in the officer’s pocketbook...
- What he had not anticipated when he chose the slightly inebriated, seriously overweight woman attempting to hail a cab, was how attached she would be to her pocketbook.
- It is a pocketbook which fits the hand perfectly.
- She had come for a pocketbook and a pocketbook only.
2US A wallet, purse, or handbag: she dug a couple of aspirin out of her pocketbook...
- I took my change purse out of my pocketbook and scowled.
- They were similar pocketbooks or purses, but they had a belt on it that you could put around your waist with the fasteners similar to the ones on a bicycle helmet.
- His hands were rifling through her pocketbook and wallet.
2.1North American One’s financial resources: they provide packages for every taste and every pocketbook...
- They were willing to vote with their pocketbooks to invest their money in the future of the community.
- And high fuel prices are a threat to the economy and consumer pocketbooks nationwide.
- Depending on their taste and pocketbooks, eighteenth-century Americans could use punch bowls made in a variety of materials other than ceramics and glass.
3 (pocket book) North American A paperback or other small or cheap edition of a book: student doctors clutch pocket books of clinical practice...
- I put my books and pocket book into my small gym locker and kept my light spring jacket to watch the practice.
- No one bothered to refer to the significantly expanded, easily accessible pocket book edition.
- She disappeared into the hallway to the bedroom for a few seconds and when she returned she was holding a small black pocket book in one hand and the black baseball cap from the day before in the other.