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pocketbook (n.)
also
pocket-book
, 1610s, originally a small book meant to be carried in one's pocket, from
pocket
(n.) +
book
(n.). Meaning "a booklike leather folder for papers, bills, etc." is from 1722. Meaning "a woman's purse" is from 1816.
