Difference between revisions of "Pocket"

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''Pocket''([[noun]]) A void sewn into [[pants]] and other [[clothes]] for the storage of items one does not wish to carry.
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A '''pocket''' is an opening sewn into a variety of [[clothes]] (also backpacks and bags) for the storage of small items one does not wish to carry in the hands.
  
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The derived [[verb]], ''to pocket'' means to put into one's pocket; to pilfer; to keep for oneself. To pocket something is to break one of the [http://www.winternet.com/~swezeyt/bible/swezcomd.htm eleven] [[commandments]].
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Although the derived [[verb]], ''to pocket'' literally means "to put into one's pocket" its common usage refers to the act of stealing or keeping for oneself. To pocket something in this sense is to break one of the [[Ten Commandments|commandments]].
  
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In [[football]], the area in which a [[quarterback]] makes a play from.
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The word pocket can also be used to describe distinct isolated areas within a whole. For example, air pockets in a pumice stone.
  
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The receptacle built into a [[billiards]] [[table]] for to receive the billiard balls. [[Two]] common varieties of such pockets are [[side]] and [[corner]].
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In [[football]], "pocket" refers to the area in which a [[quarterback]] makes a play from, or parts of a [[pool]] [[table]].
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Latest revision as of 02:33, July 12, 2016

A pocket is an opening sewn into a variety of clothes (also backpacks and bags) for the storage of small items one does not wish to carry in the hands.

Although the derived verb, to pocket literally means "to put into one's pocket" its common usage refers to the act of stealing or keeping for oneself. To pocket something in this sense is to break one of the commandments.

The word pocket can also be used to describe distinct isolated areas within a whole. For example, air pockets in a pumice stone.

In football, "pocket" refers to the area in which a quarterback makes a play from, or parts of a pool table.