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pocketbook
UK /ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/ US /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A purse or handbag.
2
A wallet for paper money.
3
One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
4
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.
The pocket books are in trouble. A creeping extralegal censorship threatens to bowdlerize the product[…]
5
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).
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