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PRIVY PURSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does privy purse mean?
• PRIVY PURSE (noun)
The noun PRIVY PURSE has 1 sense:
1. allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
Familiarity information: PRIVY PURSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("privy purse" is a kind of...):
allowance (an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period))
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