pocketbook
noun
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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.
- A purse or handbag.
- A wallet for paper money.
- One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
- 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[…]”
- 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).