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A pocket is a small bag to hold small and important items and sometimes used as temporary storage of small items, particularly a bag-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing.
In European clothing pockets began by being hung like purses from a belt, which could be concealed beneath a coat or jerkin and reached through a slit in the outer garment.
The word appears in Middle English as poket, and is taken from a Norman diminutive of Old French poke, pouque, modern poche, cf. pouch. The form "poke" is now only used dialectically, or in such proverbial sayings as "a pig in a poke".
Historically, the term pocket referred to:
A fob pocket is a small pocket designed to hold an old style pocket watch, sometimes found in men's trousers and waistcoats.
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From Old Norman poquete, diminutive of poque 'bag' (mod. pouque), from Old Low Franconian *poka 'pouch', akin to Middle Dutch poke, German dialectal Pfoch, Old English pocca.
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pocket (plural pockets)
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to pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing, simple past and past participle pocketed)
pocket (not comparable)
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pocket c.
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| Base form | pocketen | pocketar | pocketarna | |
| Possessive form | pockets | pocketens | pocketars | pocketarnas |
A pocket is a bag which is part of an item of clothing, reached through an opening in the clothing. The fabric of the clothing is shaped to make these little pouches or purses which are very handy for keeping small amounts of money and other small objects for daily use.
Pockets can be on pants, shirts, skirts, or dresses. Pockets come in very different styles, shapes, closed or unclosed with zippers or buttons. Some styles of clothing though, do not have pockets.
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