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belt purse

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English

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19th century image of Sikh military men; the man on the left is wearing a belt purse

Alternative forms

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Noun

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belt purse (plural belt purses)

  1. A small purse worn against the body, attached to a belt.
    • 1874 December, Harry Lemon, “Dismal Dan’s Big Diamonds: A Christmas Story”, in Cape Monthly Magazine, volume 9, number 54, page 373:
      I had wrapped the stones in a strong piece of soft leather, which I had stitched inside my belt purse.
    • 1959, Jefferson Cooper, chapter 12, in Captain Seadog‎[1], New York: Pocket Books, page 155:
      His hand touched the belt purse that held his unsigned commission as he swung off the rope ladder to step into the smallboat.
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, chapter 5, in The Kingdom of the Wicked‎[2], New York: Arbor House, page 374:
      From his beltpurse he took the carved white bones with black dots on them.
    • 2009, Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Will McLean, chapter 6, in Daily Life in Chaucer’s England‎[3], 2nd edition, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, page 141:
      Such pouches were also kept inside a belt-purse as a handy way to store coins.

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