English

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Etymology

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From purse +‎ -like.

Adjective

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purselike (comparative more purselike, superlative most purselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a purse.
    • 2002, Charles F Price, The Cock's Spur:
      [] holding his head cocked to the side and his mouth set purselike, as he always did when he was fixing to deliver a pronouncement.