What do you call that thing in your back pocket where you keep your cash, cards, etc.

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Billfold or wallet?

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Wallet.

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That’s my purse.

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You keep your purse in your back pocket?

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Wallet, but I’ve never kept it in my back pocket. Not only do you have to sit on it, it’s easier for it to be stolen or to fall out.

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Well, mine is in my *front *pocket, but I know what you mean…

Wallet.

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wallet

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Friedo - yup.

It’s another whacky language thing. He asked what we called it. That’s what I call it. A “purse” in American parlance is a handbag to me, and a woman’s wallety thing is a purse.

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wallet

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Wallet

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My wallet is in my front pocket.

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It’s a wallet. To me, a billfold is something that holds only paper money. The guy who carries one has his IDs and credit cards in a card case. I keep all that stuff, along with a list of phone numbers, membership cards, and a picture of my wife, in a wallet.

It’s a trifold, and it does not have a Gromis. (Wallet and Gromis:D)

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I’ve often wondered what the difference is.
“Billfold” because that’s my dad called his.

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That’s kind of the reason I started this thread. My dad calls it a billfold too.

I call it a wallet, btw.

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I always thought billfold was a midwestern thing. My dad was from out east, and he said wallet, but most guys I knew growing up said billfold.

I stick to wallet.

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It’s a wallet over here.

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I always thought billfold was a midwestern thing. My dad was from out east, and he said wallet, but most guys I knew growing up said billfold.

I stick to wallet.

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Wallet.

“Billfold” would be considered an American usage.

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Wallet.

In the front pocket, for the reasons that matt_mcl mentioned.

A billfold would hold only folding paper money. Although I have occasionally seen one in a catalogue, I have never seen anyone actually using one. I have seen the expression used for greeting cards designed to hold money: billfold greeting card.

The thing I put my change and keys in, a rectangular leather thing with a zipper, is my change pouch. (A change purse has an opening with a hinged frame and a clasp.)

Purse = handbag for me, and is for women; handbag is the less common expression.

A similar bag for men is a bookbag or a messenger bag (and I’ve only seen ‘messenger bag’ in catalogues; I’m not sure it’s a live expression here).

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Your definitions are interesting, but I think the terms ‘billfold’ & ‘wallet’ are a little more interchangable than that.

Or could it be that a wallet is sometimes a billfold, but a billfold is never a wallet?