valises

noun

plural of valise
as in briefcases
old-fashioned a small suitcase The salesman reached down into the valise to remove a miniature prototype.

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Recent Examples of valises But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet. — Christine Estima september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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wallets
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  • The Miner Incentive Is Different If Bitcoin payments grow, the most obvious beneficiaries are wallets, processors, and exchanges.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Scammers claiming to belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have also tricked shipping firms into sending hefty payments to their cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for safe passage.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Definition of wallets

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