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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Pocketbook is regional within the US. My friend from Vermont always had to "get her pocketbook" which could be a reference to her purse or wallet. In NM, Texas, it's purse or handbag. I don't hear pocketbook around here much.
FWIW.
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I guess that makes sense. this Grandmother was Pennsylvania/New York, not to be confused with the NEw Mexico Grandmother who NEVER carried a pocketbook
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
For you women who might be interested. This device was first described Robert A Heinlein's I will Fear No Evil in 1970. I see reality has caught up with fiction.
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ok, the first time around I chalked it up to Aussie slang. I;ve read a LOT of Heinlein... I give up!