Definition of pocket

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Pocket (n.) A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth..

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Poach :: Poach (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..
Pocketing :: Pocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pocke.
Hangnest :: Hangnest (n.) A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
Skiver :: Skiver (n.) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder..
Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife..
Portemonnaie :: Portemonnaie (n.) A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money.
Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To pocket.
Pocketed :: Pocketed (imp. & p. p.) of Pocke.
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
Penknife :: Penknife (n.) A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens..
Bung :: Bung (n.) A sharper or pickpocket.
Billiards :: Billiards (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished..
Pocketfuls :: Pocketfuls (pl. ) of Pocketfu.
Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like..
Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A kind of pocket memorandum book.
Spermatophore :: Spermatophore (n.) A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very complex..
Tuck :: Tuck (v. t.) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket..
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