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Noun: purse strings
  1. Financial resources or support
    "who controls the purse strings in this family?"
Noun: purse string  'purs,string
  1. A drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse

Type of: cash in hand, drawing string, drawstring, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, string

Part of: purse

Encyclopedia: Purse string

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