What's the difference between billfold and pocketbook?

Billfold


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Pocketbook


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  • (n.) A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

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  • (1) "Women did not vote with their ladyparts, they voted with their pocketbooks like they always do".
  • (2) To cover themselves, they wrote a log of the incident from their pocketbook notes, and very soon afterwards emailed it up through the chain of command at the Metropolitan police to a sergeant, an inspector and – it is understood – even higher up the ranks.
  • (3) But large-scale studies of class mobility show that the forces that move people out of poverty are more diffuse than can fit in any pocketbook.
  • (4) Nurses have always been regarded as a major drain on the hospital's pocketbook, rather than as a revenue-generating resource.
  • (5) Their clothes are the rewards of immaculate girlhood: dresses of taffeta and velvet with lace collars, petticoats, ankle straps, pocketbooks and initialled handkerchiefs, seasonal gloves of cotton and kid, matching coats and muffs.
  • (6) My dad had a wonderful collection of soft-cover pocketbooks that were dramatically illustrated with film noir-looking artwork on the covers.
  • (7) These are critical pocketbook issues for millions of American families, and thus they are critical issues for the health and competitiveness of the American economy.” A question from Becky Quick, one of the debate’s three moderators, for Texas senator Ted Cruz provided the night’s only discussion of either issue.
  • (8) People are worried about Europe, the fiscal cliff, the election, no one wants to open their pocketbooks," said Faucher.
  • (9) Those who have had contact with the officers say that, in the immediate aftermath of the altercation at the gates of Downing Street, both officers made notes of what they say happened in their pocketbooks.
  • (10) Obama has been highlighting his energy agenda this week in Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and later Thursday in battleground Ohio, a trip that reflects the degree to which high gas prices have begun hitting consumers in their pocketbooks.
  • (11) There was a wonderful opportunity squandered to highlight what this service would mean for artists who are struggling and to make a plea to people’s hearts and pocketbooks to pay a little more for this service that was going to pay these artists a more reasonable streaming rate.
  • (12) Since Air Force fliers may "quit" only at some personal cost to pride or pocketbook, they may develop a fear of flying.
  • (13) There is a well-funded group out there that is pushing this agenda … that want to get into your pocketbooks,” Palmer was quoted as saying in an appearance at an industry forum in St Louis.
  • (14) The ads are playing nationwide in states that elected a president who promised them change but who now, the Kochs argue, is threatening their livelihoods and their pocketbooks.

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