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purse
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See: award, reward, stake, treasury

PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t.



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People are beginning to feel it's time to tighten the purse strings,'' said Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Trend Report in Upper Montclair, N.
It should be noted, however, that there has recently been some calls to tighten the purse strings in regards to the war in Iraq.
 
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