Porte-monnaie

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wallet.

    "She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken."

Synonyms

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bagpocketpocketbookpokepurse

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"She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken."

Etymology

From French porte-monnaie.

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