英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɪlˌfoʊld/

名詞

billfold (plural billfolds)

1. (US) A small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.

   Lenny had so many pictures of his family stuffed into his billfold that it barely fit into his pocket.

   • 1987, Gary Paulsen, Hatchet, page 46:

     A billfold with a twenty-dollar bill—"In case you get stranded at the airport in some small town and have to buy food," his mother had said—and some odd pieces of paper.

同意語

• (folding case for holding currency) pocketbook, wallet

派生語

• champagne taste on a beer billfold