ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. usually pocket book : a small book that can be carried in the pocket ; especially : a paperback sold cheaply to reach a mass market
the popular novelist would be satisfied with his income from serials and scenarios and pocket books — Randall Jarrell
2.
a. : a pocket notebook
made a series of notes in his pocketbook — Ngaio Marsh
b.
(1) : a pocket-size flat or folding container for money and personal papers : wallet
(2) : purse
c. : handbag 2
held pocketbooks in their laps; one of the pocketbooks was black, the other of some kind of alligator skin — Millen Brand
3.
a. : financial resources : income
apartment-house or cottage rentals to meet the pocketbooks of the white-collar workers — Harper's
b. : economic interests
have no intention of voting against their own pocketbooks or against the party of their forebears — Elmo Roper & Louis Harris
4. also pocketbook clam ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- : a freshwater mussel ( Lampsilis ventricosus ) of the upper Mississippi drainage area that yields mother-of-pearl and is used in button making