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What (who) is purse snatcher - definition
IN A HORSE RACE, THE DISTRIBUTION OF WINNINGS AMONG THE HIGHEST FINISHERS
Purse Distribution; Purse (horse racing); Purse (horseracing)
Snatcher
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Snatcher (disambiguation)
·noun One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
purse
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Purses; Purse (disambiguation)
(purses, pursing, pursed)
1.
A purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in. (BRIT; in AM, use change purse
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N-COUNT
2.
She looked at me and then reached in her purse for cigarettes.
N-COUNT
3.
Purse is used to refer to the total amount of money that a country, family, or group has.
The money could simply go into the public purse, helping to lower taxes.
N-SING: with supp
4.
If you purse your lips, you move them into a small, rounded shape, usually because you disapprove of something or when you are thinking.
She pursed her lips in disapproval.
VERB: V n
Purse
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Purses; Purse (disambiguation)
·vt To put into a purse.
II. Purse ·noun In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
III. Purse ·noun In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
IV. Purse ·noun A specific sum of Money.
V. Purse ·vi To steal purses; to Rob.
VI. Purse ·noun Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
VII. Purse ·noun A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
VIII. Purse ·vt To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to Pucker; to Knit.
IX. Purse ·noun A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
Wikipedia
Purse distribution
In horse racing, the term purse distribution may refer to the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period of time, or to the percentages of a race's total purse that are awarded to each of the highest finishers. This article focuses on the latter definition.
Examples of use of purse snatcher
1. A banning order was imposed on purse–snatcher Michaela Pease, 32, for persistently targeting elderly people.
2. SANTA FE, N.M. –– An 83–year–old great–grandmother thwarted a would–be purse snatcher with a gas nozzle and an iron grip.
3. Purse snatcher Police said yesterday they arrested a 25–year–old man for multiple counts of purse snatching in the Voula area, southeastern Athens, that were allegedly committed in the last year.
4. Schwarzenegger lowered the fee to 0.65 percent the day he took office in November 2003 to fulfill a campaign promise. · FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. –– Purse snatcher Luis Montanez, 22, was convicted of first–degree murder for the dragging death of Holocaust survivor Gertrude "Trudi" Nadel, 86, two years ago.