Billholder

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who holds a bill or acceptance.
  2. 2
    A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.

    "The ordinary pocket-wallet is designed to receive bank-bills only when they are folded several times upon themselves […] I also intend to limit my claim to a bill-holder that is constructed of an outside back and inside lining […]"

Example

More examples

"The ordinary pocket-wallet is designed to receive bank-bills only when they are folded several times upon themselves […] I also intend to limit my claim to a bill-holder that is constructed of an outside back and inside lining […]"

Etymology

From bill + holder.

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