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forepocket

noun

Etymology

From fore- + pocket.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. derived from *puhô✻
  3. derived from *pokō✻ — “pouch”
  4. derived from poquet
  5. derived from fro
  6. inherited from pocket
  7. prefixed as forepocket — “fore + pocket”

Definitions

  1. A pocket located in the front

    A pocket located in the front; front pocket

    • Joseph Paul took a pipe from the forepocket of his overalls. The bowl was a .50 caliber cartridge shell, soldered to a metal stem. He shook a small amount of tobacco into it from a sack and tamped it with his little finger.
    • His hands were thrust down into the forepockets of his trousers. `Ye're an awfu' man Jock.'
    • When he lowered the skiff they lay gaping on the boards under a sun that withered them visibly, Suttree gripped his forepockets, searching.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA