purseful
1
8.9
An amount of small items like coins that fills a small bag
- noun
- /ˈpɜrsfəl/
- Archaic
:
bolsillo lleno
- He opened his purseful of candy and shared it with everyone at the party.
Examples
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After saving for months, she finally had a purseful of cash for her dream vacation.
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Nix had appeared on their doorstep out of the dusk seven years before, a strange note and a purseful of money pinned to his shirt.
Fiction book (1993) -
and a purseful of ancient receipts.
Blog text (7) -
She carried a purseful of coins to buy gifts for her friends.
Synonyms
fistful
vspurseful
21
2.7
A small amount you can hold in a closed hand
measures the amount that fills a small pouch rather than a hand hold
pocketful
vspurseful
7
3.0
An amount of something that fills a pocket
fills a small personal pouch carried in a bag or by hand
containerful
vspurseful
3.7
The amount that fills a container
fills a small personal pouch rather than larger or varied containers
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Morphology
Etymology
Purseful comes from purse, a 'small bag for money', plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of' or 'a quantity' and appears in words like handful or cupful. So, a purseful is simply the amount that fills a purse.