Wallet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wallet \Wal"let\, n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE.
     watel a bag. See {Wattle}.]
     1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for
        carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a
        beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
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              [His hood] was trussed up in his walet. --Chaucer.
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     2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
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     3. Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh."
        --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wallet
       n : a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn:
           {billfold}, {notecase}, {pocketbook}]