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What is the noun for pocketbooks?

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pocket
  1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  2. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
  3. (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
  4. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
  5. (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
  6. (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
  7. (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
  8. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
  9. (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
  10. A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries.
  11. (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
  12. (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
  13. (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
  14. The pouch of an animal.
  15. (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
  16. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
  17. A bight on a lee shore.
  18. (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
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  20. Examples:
    1. “He reached into a pocket of his suitcase and pulled out a small box.”
      “He took a shovel, dug a pocket in the ground, and buried his possessions in it.”
      “The bar was tightly packed but Adam spotted a small pocket of space, enough for a lithe body to glide through.”
pocketbook
  1. (US) A woman's purse.
  2. (figuratively) One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.
  3. (rare) A small book, especially one that can fit in a pocket; a paperback; also a pocket book.
  4. (Britain) A notebook that is small enough to fit in a pocket.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “She pulled a cigarette out of her pocketbook, a bent, half-crushed one she stole from her older brother.”
      “Extracting the notes from his pocketbook, he laid the three hundred pounds on the desk.”
      “If you like one artwork and it's too expensive for your pocketbook, there is surely another similar painting that can fit your budget.”
pocketphone
  1. (dated or science fiction) A telephone that fits in one's pocket; a mobile phone.
pocketer
  1. One who pockets something, or (figuratively) appropriates money or goods.
pocketful
  1. The quantity that a pocket would typically hold.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The wonderful and very helpful skycaps do not carry a pocketful of liability-release forms.”
      “I came across a pocketful of change and wondered for a moment, what are these shiny tokens?”
      “I desperately tried to hand out the pocketful of coupons as the frenzy grew and the kids ignored the pleas of their teachers to stop crushing me.”
pocketability
  1. The quality of being pocketable.
pocketing
pocketphones
  1. plural of pocketphone
pocketbooks
  1. plural of pocketbook
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cement that holds together the various strands of the Bush administration is their pocketbooks and stock market portfolios.”
      “Finally, how do youth attitudes toward religion play our when it comes to their wallets and pocketbooks?”
      “I think the most striking fact about all of this is that people in red states aren't voting with their pocketbooks.”
pocketsful
  1. plural of pocketful
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The little tailor, not idle, gathered two pocketsful of stones, and with these climbed up the tree.”
pocketfuls
  1. plural of pocketful
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Just turn up with pocketfuls of cash and be prepared to be entertained.”
      “Taxi drivers were earning pocketfuls of dinars shuttling all the visitors around.”
      “Mitchell uses similar designs across each video – floral dress, daisies, writing desk and pocketfuls of knick-knacks such as rings, keys and passport photos – but offers crucial, if subtle, changes.”
pocketers
  1. plural of pocketer
pockets
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