The word "purse" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to refer to a small bag used to store items such as money, cards, or keys. For example, "Sue always keeps her lipstick and money in her purse."
The decision by HMRC to let Goldman Sachs off an alleged £10m tax bill must be reversed and the money handed over to the public purse".
What the government doesn't mention, though, is that the bells and whistles of a retail offer – the discounts and loyalty bonuses – are a cost to the public purse.
These are areas that currently receive piecemeal and inconsistent services, with poor results and where, without the right interventions, the cost to the public purse in future will be significant.
Police say that witnesses reported seeing a man steal her purse before fleeing.
Kaarma shot and killed Dede after being alerted by a motion detector in his garage, which was left partially open with a purse deliberately placed inside.
And with that must come greater control over the purse strings.
Talking of expensive, I've included an Anya Hindmarch purse here.
Most butchers will expect you to get your wish-list in at least a week before - that way you just produce your crumpled raffle ticket from the depths of your purse to claim your chosen bird rather than fighting at the counter.
Some of the criticisms of the increase in tuition fees have shifted to the impact on the public purse as the estimate of the number of students who can pay back the loans falls.
First, I took out my papers prepared in Moscow, and Margaret opened her ever-present purse to get quite a pile of pages that contained notes for the conversation.
