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privy purse

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. privy purse (noun)
  2. keeper of the privy purse

privy purse

noun

Definition of PRIVY PURSE

: an allowance for the private expenses of the British sovereign
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First Known Use of PRIVY PURSE

1667

Rhymes with PRIVY PURSE

e-commerce, in reverse, intersperse, nonsense verse, reimburse, shepherd's purse, universe

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