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1. Your personal financial means
   "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"
    
2. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
   - wallet, billfold [N. Amer], notecase
    
3. Pocket-sized paperback book
   - pocket book, pocket edition
    
4. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
   "she reached into her pocketbook and found a comb";
   - bag, handbag, purse

Derived forms: pocket books, pocketbooks

Type of: case, container, means, paperback, paperback book, paper-back book, paperbound [US], softback, softback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, substance

Encyclopedia: Pocketbook