Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding the purse strings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing the purse strings
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold the purse strings

Questions

What does holding the purse strings mean?
present participle and gerund of hold the purse strings

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