purse

rahapussi

suipistaa, mutristaa

rahavarat A small bag for carrying money.
1550 Mierdman, Steuen, The market or fayre of usurers

And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.

It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.

The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.

Anton Ivanovich pursed up his lower lip so that his grey moustache pressed against the tip of his red pitted nose, took in all the officials with his rounded eyes, and after an unavoidable pause emitted a fat unctuous laugh.

When you're feeling in the dumps

Don't be silly chumps

Just purse your lips and whistle – that's the thing.

(..) Yidinj has just one prefix dja:- 'in the direction of' (..). There is a noun djawa 'mouth' in a number of neighbouring languages (..) and it is likely that this developed into the prefix dja:-. The semantic motivation would be the fact that Aborigines typically indicate direction by pointing with pursed lips (in circumstances where Europeans would extend a hand or index finger).

(..) thou (..) didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: (..)

Upon hearing Billy's version, the sage Dansker seemed to divine more than he was told; and after a little meditation during which his wrinkles were pursed as into a point, quite effacing for the time that quizzing expression his face sometimes wore, "Didn't I say so, Baby Budd?"

And I will go and purse the ducats straight,

Why I'll purse; if that raise me not, I'll bet at bowling alleys, or man whores: I would fain live by others.