Purses
In American English, a purse is a small bag, also called a handbag. In British English, a purse is a small money container similar to a wallet, but typically used by women and including a compartment for coins, with a handbag being considerably larger. A purse or handbag is often fashionably-designed, and is used to hold a number of items such as a wallet, keys, tissues, makeup, a hairbrush, pepper spray and/or a gun. Purses are usually carried by women, though men sometimes carry one as a smaller alternative to a backpack; such a purse is sometimes self-consciously termed a "murse" (a portmanteau for a "man purse"). A medium-to-small-sized purse with a short handle, designed to be carried (clutched) in one's hand is often called a clutch. A pocketbook is similar to a purse (in the British English sense), but allows the carrying of sheets of paper as well.