Meanings
nounporte-monnaie (plural porte-monnaies)
plural porte-monnaies · alternative portemonnaie
- A wallet.
She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken.
1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
Origin
- Frenchporte-monnaie
- Englishporte-monnaie
From French porte-monnaie.
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