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A small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles; a small netted bag in a billiard table for catching the balls; a hole or opening in a mine; as, a gold pocket.
Part of speech: VerbTo put in a pocket; to take unlawfully, as money; to receive ( an insult), without showing any feeling.
Usage examples "pocket":- And, after all, was it honest to enter a shop and open an account with one penny in pocket? - "Major Vigoureux", A. T. Quiller-Couch.
- Here comes one out of John's pocket. - "The Insect Folk", Margaret Warner Morley.
- Racey found none, not even a pocket- knife. - "The Heart of the Range", William Patterson White.