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watch pocket
noun
- a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob 1( def 1 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of watch pocket1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
And all these foolish pilgrims would each bring his own misery along with him, in a watch-pocket!
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He had come upon it in a last desperate dive into his watch-pocket, in which he never by any chance kept anything.
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But Garth hadn't missed the man's instinctive gesture towards his watch pocket.
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Then a sudden idea occurred to him, and he thrust his hand into the watch pocket of his uniform.
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A watch-pocket is made in the left breast; a pocket for railway tickets halfway down the right side.
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