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Meanings of pockets in English
Spanish
faldiquera 
Flat pouch of fabric with a bound slit in the outer surface, worn suspended from ties which fasten around the waist.
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Examples for "pocket"
Examples for "pocket"
1
Penalties include higher premiums and lower company contributions for out-of-pocket health costs.
2
I feel my phone buzz in my back pocket: a new text.
3
Henry unfolded a paper from his breast pocket and scanned the text.
4
In the time-table I carry in my pocket I unfold the earth.
5
In civilized countries everyone but the pariahs carried a pocket receiving set.
1
The little hanging pocket testified that Lockwin must tarry in that hateful locality and pick up the treasure and documents.
2
He put it in a hanging pocket of his coat, and waited till he could catch a companion to fill the opposite pocket.
Usage of pockets in English
1
Certainly it was an effective way to put money into peasants' pockets.
2
In the most stubborn pockets of crime and poverty, police make thousands.
3
Question 3: Palm's got a new daddy, and he's got deep pockets.
4
I'm not sure who said 'there are no pockets in a shroud'.
5
But pockets of violence remain and tit-for-tat killings on both sides continued.
6
Hands were hidden in the pockets of the umbrellaless; umbrellas were up.
7
Thousands of people will have more money in their pockets next week.
8
This is the key question in determining the impact on taxpayers' pockets.
9
Took away the mortar in his pockets; no sign of it here.
10
We carried stoppers in our pockets to try good placements around town.
11
The government still controls a military air base and other small pockets.
12
For instance, clothes for adults had special pockets that children didn't need.
13
Only in the pockets, dear, and in the tender quick of comfort.
14
Many hedge funds parked illiquid assets in side pockets in late 2008.
15
The end result-countlesstiny pockets of air trapping your heat-alsomimics down.
16
Bush received pockets of polite applause from the mainly African American crowd.
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Pockets across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Australia
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