pockets
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
An inflected form of pocket · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,833 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,833 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
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
pockets 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 just looked proud and pleased and put his hands in his pockets.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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He got to his six-feet-two slowly, and his hands went into his trousers pockets as usual.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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He wore dull-gray clothes that were tight fitting, and his pockets were all bunched out as if stuffed full of something.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Where, then, and in whose pockets, did you suppose I was getting the enormous interests I have been paying you for years?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1