change pursenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˌpɜːs//ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˌpɝːs/US UK pursea small container for money, usually used by a woman
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Containers for carrying personal possessions
- attaché case
- backpack
- baggage
- billfold
- briefcase
- bumbag
- hatbox
- haversack
- holdall
- kitbag
- knapsack
- purse
- sling
- sporran
- suit bag
- suitcase
- toilet bag
- toiletry bag
- tote
- tote bag
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Examples from literature
- All she would need would be her little case for tickets, and her change purse, and her evening cloak had pockets.
- She was fumbling in her change purse as he turned back to shut the door.
- The New Yorker continued to set stiff in his chair, one hand on his watch and one on the pocket where his change purse was that he'd tried to pay his share of the taxicabs out of.
- Watch a Frenchman count his coppers, or an Englishman that carries his in a change purse and talks about pounds but really thinks in shillings.