How to Use billfold in a Sentence

billfold

noun
  • My knight gets out, comes to the door and hands me my billfold.
    — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2017
  • Baker caught what turned out to be a very worn leather billfold.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2022
  • My change, some money that doesn’t make noise and my billfold.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2017
  • One of the passersby picked up the billfold and handed it back to the paramedic.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • Tumi took a standard billfold and slimmed it down for more modern needs.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The billfold fits a good amount of cash and even has an inlaid pocket for change with a flap cover.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 15 Jan. 2023
  • When a phone can do anything a wallet can, and a million things more, what’s the point of a billfold?
    — Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
  • Inside were a pink billfold, stamps, fifty-year-old toothpaste, eye makeup.
    — Ryan Katz, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Shocked into wakefulness, Jimmy sat up and felt the billfold roll off to the ground.
    — Larry Millett, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2019
  • That means a single billfold pocket, twin ID windows, eight card slots, and even a small coin pouch.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Well, ladies and gentlemen, draw your billfolds; Cadillac's new Seville is here.
    — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
  • Bellroy took the traditional billfold design and trimmed it down for more modern needs.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Gift him his first leather wallet with this simple, yet elegant leather billfold from Tumi.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • And, outside a minor paunch and a rapidly expanding billfold, there's nothing heavy about him.
    — Michael Arace, courant.com, 10 May 2017
  • Everyone remembers the vacuum-cleaner appetite that raged at that age, as lint fell out of the billfold.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • It’s made from faux and real leather, while the case opens like a billfold with your phone, bank cards, cash, driver’s license and other items resting inside.
    — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2023
  • When folded in half, each individual sandal is about the size of your standard billfold wallet.
    — Shelby Ying Hyde, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Someone also had used a debit card in the billfold to make $1,120 in purchases.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Bigger billfold bargains exist, too — ranging from the Angels to the A’s.
    — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2017
  • Choose between six monogram styles to appear on the front of the billfold, then add a short note inside to completely personalize the gift.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2022
  • White and his accomplices bludgeoned the three victims to death and stole a billfold with $7,000, coins and a handgun.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2024
  • Of course there are accessories, including billfolds and card holders in leathers and exotic skins, and shoes cobbled in Italy.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Here are some of the aspects of marine batteries buyers need to pay attention to before pulling out the billfold and making a costly mistake.
    — Randy Zellers, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Wikkerink Design has taken a stack of old tubes and fashioned them into billfolds and wallets of various shapes, along with belts and credit-card holders.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2010
  • In the competitive world of eye-popping credit-card travel rewards, the way to maximize benefits these days is to load your billfold with multiple cards.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The billfold-sized cards also contain the contact information for someone who can confirm the diagnosis, as well as give information that may help calm the individual.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The person found the bag in another, unlocked, locker, but their black leather billfold containing $300, a driver’s license and various credit cards was missing.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • For the woman whose billfold is overflowing with receipts, this classic leather wallet by Nisolo is one of the best Mother’s Day gifts for moms who could use a minimalist upgrade.
    — Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The exhibit also has the contents of Lincoln's pockets from the night he was assassinated, including a pocket watch, two pairs of glasses, a handkerchief, and a billfold with his name.
    — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 15 June 2024
  • The company specializes in repurposing old baseball gloves and turning them into one-of-a-kind leather products, particularly wallets, billfolds, card cases and money clips.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

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