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pocketbook    音标拼音: [p'ɑkətb,ʊk]
n. 袖珍本,笔记本

袖珍本,笔记本

pocketbook
n 1: your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive
for my pocketbook"
2: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [synonym:
{wallet}, {billfold}, {notecase}, {pocketbook}]
3: pocket-sized paperback book [synonym: {pocketbook}, {pocket
book}, {pocket edition}]
4: a container used for carrying money and small personal items
or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her
bag and found a comb" [synonym: {bag}, {handbag}, {pocketbook},
{purse}]

Pocketbook \Pock"et*book`\, n.
A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the
pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.
[1913 Webster]

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "pocketbook":
Domesday Book, account book, address book, adversaria, album,
annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, bag, billfold,
blankbook, blotter, calendar, cashbook, catalog,
classified catalog, commonplace book, court calendar, daybook,
desk calendar, diary, diptych, docket, engagement book, handbag,
journal, ledger, log, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, memo book,
memorandum book, memory book, money belt, money clip, notebook,
pad, petty cashbook, pocket, pocket notebook, poke, police blotter,
porte-monnaie, purse, purse strings, scrapbook, scratch pad,
spiral notebook, table, tablet, triptych, wallet, workbook,
writing tablet, yearbook

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