pocketbook

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun your personal financial means
  2. noun a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
  3. noun pocket-sized paperback book

Etymology

1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.

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