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the public purse noun
n [S] mainly UK Definition
money from the government
People should provide for their own retirement and not expect to be supported by the public purse.
(Definition of the public purse noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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