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Noun

pocketbook ‎(plural pocketbooks)

1. (US) A woman's purse.
2. (figuratively) One's personal budget or economic capacity - the amount one can afford.
3. (rare) A small book, especially one that can fit in a pocket; a paperback; also a pocket book.

   The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.

   • (Can we date this quote?), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries; Risk Management Pocket Guide, (Please provide the title of the work):

     The kit is produced in three parts including a pocket book designed to fit into a shirt pocket for everyday on-the-job use, a more detailed guide and a training CD. The kit includes a hazard reporting and feedback notebook and hazard management process prompt cards to remind workers of common hazards they may encounter in day-to-day operations.

4. (Britain) A notebook that is small enough to fit in a pocket.
   • 2011, Leslie Stephen, Swift, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1108034497, 9781108034494, page 10:

     "I have now lost", he wrote in his pocketbook, "the last barrier between me and death..."

   • 2015, Graham Ison, Whispering Grass, Hachette UK, ISBN 1471918696, 9781471918698:

     Dave recorded the information in his pocketbook and looked Gibbs straight in the eye.

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