pocketbook 1 of 2

as in purse
a container for carrying money and small personal items she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook

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That will boost consumer prices and hit all Americans in the pocketbook. Ron Insana, CNBC, 20 June 2025 Republican rumblings over spending So far, polls suggest that Mr. Trump’s varied supporters are generally sticking with him, although with signs of clear concern about the potential pocketbook effect of tariffs on consumer prices. Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025 The leap in tariffs likely won’t hit American pocketbooks immediately – but experts say that higher prices on construction projects, car lots, appliances and elsewhere are all but inevitable from the higher duties. Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 June 2025 But the struggling Chinese economy and President Trump’s ongoing trade war with President Xi Jinping have hurt the pocketbooks of the ultrawealthy. Tim F. Schneider, New York Times, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pocket book

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“Pocket book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20book. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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