a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
How often you will meet it
Rank 984 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,590 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- an enclosed space also: pouch, sac, sack the trapped miners found a pocket of air
- a supply of money they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something also: scoop
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly also: air pocket, air hole
pocket in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He folded the letter carefully and replaced it in his pocket.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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The detective took a key from his pocket and inserted it in the lock.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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It takes more ceremony to get a word from his throat than a dollar from his pocket.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He had snatched a paper from his pocket and waved it at arm's-length so that everyone could see.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The Hunter was sorry for the poor old woman, and he felt in his pocket and gave her all he could spare.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1