bulse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"[L]et me then comfort myself with the large treasure of Johnson's conversation which I have preserved for my own entertainment and that of the world, and let me exhibit what I have upon each occasion, whether more or less, whether a bulse, or only a few sparks of a diamond."
"bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas"

Borrowed from Portuguese bolsa. Doublet of purse and bolsa.

bulses (plural)

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