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Pocket

noun

A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles.

An enclosed space. Synonyms: pouch, sac, sack.

A supply of money.

(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left.

A hollow concave shape made by removing something. Synonym: scoop.

A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly. Synonyms: air hole, air pocket.

A small isolated group of people. "The battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"

(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican). Synonym: pouch.

An opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck.

verb

(past & past part. pocketed; pres. part. pocketing)

Put in one's pocket.

Take unlawfully. Synonym: bag.

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"Pocket" Quotes from Famous Books

... not answer, but she touched the upper edge of the wallet in his breast pocket with an ...

— Ptomaine Street • Carolyn Wells

... he put into my hand and found that it was a pretty little glass to look through. If you put a fly under that glass it looks quite big. At that time I thought the glass was a very wonderful thing. I have it still.' She took from a drawer in the room and placed before me a tiny, dainty pocket-microscope. ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan • Lafcadio Hearn

... its use about the same time that Dinsmore did, and for the same reasons. By the way, I met with a very strong article on the subject, lately, which I cut out and placed in my pocket-book." ...

— Elsie's Motherhood • Martha Finley

... in his pocket, just as if he had expected a new member this morning, and Celia signed her name in the book beneath "C.J. ...

— Mr. Pat's Little Girl - A Story of the Arden Foresters • Mary F. Leonard

... did not answer these questions. He was considering a little book in his pocket, which he would hand over to the police ...

— The Grey Room • Eden Phillpotts

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