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hindpocket

noun

Etymology

From hind- + 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. compounded as hindpocket — “hind + pocket”

Definitions

  1. A pocket located in the rear

    A pocket located in the rear; back pocket

    • At the same time he searches for his proof: in his hindpockets were contained articles of reviews and romances of M. Paul de Kock: […]
    • The old professor put his hand to the hindpocket of his coat to search for the Homer, which was his vade-mecum, when the unfortunate empiric threw up the window and cried out, “Stop, stop, coachman, and There's a man here !” […]

The neighborhood

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