pocket book

基本解释

Jane then took it from her pocket-book, and gave it to Elizabeth. These were the contents
于是吉英从口袋里掏出那封信，递给伊丽莎白。
Having folded the letter, he stood in thought for a moment, drew out his pocket-book again, opened it, and wrote, with the same pencil, these four lines on the first page
信折好以后，他又想了一会儿，又拿起他的纸夹子，翻开第一页，用同一支铅笔，写了这几行字
And on finding a lush glade, “I lay down in the sun enjoyingmyself most entirely, ” Byron wrote to his half-sister, “and dared to write downin my pocket-book that I was happy.”
而拜伦给她妹妹的信里也表达了他的喜悦“当发现一个林间空地时，我躺下来好好的享受了一下并且在我的口袋书里写到我很快乐。”

To be a bit cynical, when it comes to the pocket-book, sometimes the SEC and the IRS can get to it before God does.
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You can use pocketbook to refer to people's concerns about the money they have or hope to earn.
A pocketbook is a small bag that a woman uses to carry things such as her money and keys in when she goes out.