02-08-2017, 12:55 PM
A wallet is a small flat box that can be used to carry personal items such as cash, credit cards, and identification documents (driver's license, ID card, club card, etc.), photographs, Transit, gift cards, business cards And other paper or laminated cards. Wallets are usually made of leather or fabrics, and are usually pocket but not always foldable. The word "wallet" has been in use since the late 14th century to refer to a bag or backpack to carry items. The word may derive from Proto-Germanic. The ancient Greek word kibisis, described to describe the sack worn by the god Hermes and the sack in which the mythical hero Perseus wore the severed head of the Medusa monster, has typically been translated as "wallet". The use of the term "wallet" in its modern meaning of "flat box to carry paper money" in American English dates back to 1834, but this meaning was one of many in the 19th and early 20th century.