10-04-2010, 11:54 AM
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jenny
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babygirl
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First Lady of the United SMH
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[quote=bonne-maman;8796]
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Originally Posted by Petal Soft
A word question! How lovely. Here in US, "wallet," I think, is a gender-neutral term. It would be the thing that holds the money, checks etc for either a man or woman, though man-wallets and woman-wallets are vastly different. We use purse, or handbag, interchangeably, to mean the larger vessel that holds the wallet and all other accessories. An older term for purse or handbag is "pocketbook." I love that term!
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i thought women had wallets and men had billfolds
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