Thread: Silliness Ladies: Why are purses so large???!
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Old 11-09-2010, 12:56 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
"Pocketbook" used to be used in the UK as a substitute for "wallet"; in Dorothy L. Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsey" stories, for example, Lord Peter is often said to be putting things into his pocketbook for safekeeping. They were written in the 20s and 30s.
I was going to hazard a guess that instead of relating to going in a pocket it meant that it was a substitute for a pocket.
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