pocketbook
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pocketbook
- /ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/ UK
- /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/ US
Where it comes from
1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.
noun pocketbooks · pocket-book · pocket book
- A purse or handbag.
- A wallet for paper money.
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One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
Similar: pocket
- A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art). The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.
- A romance novel published as a small paperback.
Translations
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noun small book
| 한국어 | 수진본 sujinbon, 소형판 sohyeongpan |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 袖珍本 shūchinbon, 小型版 kogataban |
| 中文 | 袖珍本 xiùzhēnběn |
| Français | livre de poche, pocket |
| Deutsch | Taschenbuch |
| Italiano | tascabile, libro tascabile, pocket-book |
| Ελληνικά | βιβλίο τσέπης vivlío tsépis |
| Русский | кни́га небольшо́го форма́та kníga nebolʹšóvo formáta, карма́нная кни́га karmánnaja kníga, по́кет póket |
noun woman's purse
| Deutsch | Handtasche |
|---|---|
| Русский | сумо́чка sumóčka, да́мская сумо́чка dámskaja sumóčka, да́мская су́мка dámskaja súmka, су́мка súmka |
noun one's personal budget
| Deutsch | persönliche Brieftasche, persönlicher Geldbeutel |
|---|---|
| Italiano | portafoglio |
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title = {pocketbook},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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