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bulse

noun

  1. A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.

    archaic

    [L]et me then comfort myself with the large treasure of Johnson's conversation which I have preserved for my own entertainment and that of the world, and let me exhibit what I have upon each occasion, whether more or less, whether a bulse, or only a few sparks of a diamond.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese bolsa. Doublet of purse and bolsa.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bulse (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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