[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wallet \wal"let\, n. oe. walet, probably the same word as oe.
   watel a bag. see wattle.
   1. a bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for
      carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a
      beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
      1913 webster

            his hood was trussed up in his walet. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
      1913 webster

   3. anything protuberant and swagging. "wallets of flesh."
      --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
wattle 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wallet
     n : a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money syn:
         billfold, notecase, pocketbook
see also:
billfold notecase pocketbook 

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