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English Dictionary: wallet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wallet
n
  1. a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wallet \Wal"let\, n. [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE.
      watel a bag. See {Wattle}.]
      1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for
            carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a
            beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
  
                     [His hood] was trussed up in his walet. --Chaucer.
  
      2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
  
      3. Anything protuberant and swagging. [bd]Wallets of
            flesh.[b8] --Shak.
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