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pocketbook

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/ / /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/

noun

Etymology: 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.

  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).