wallet

Noun
Synonyms: billfoldnotecasepocketbook

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper moneySynonyms: billfoldnotecasepocketbook
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wallet \Wal"let\, n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle.]

1.A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack. [1913 Webster]

[His hood] was trussed up in his walet.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.A pocketbook for keeping money about the person. [1913 Webster]

3.Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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