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pocket 1. Billiards Snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table 2. Australian Rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground pocket [′päk·ət] (building construction) A recess in a wall designed to receive a folding or sliding door in the open position. (civil engineering) A recess made in masonry to receive the end of a beam. (computer science) One of the several receptacles into which punched cards are fed by a card sorter. (geology) A cavity that contains a deposit such as a gas or an ore. An enclosed or sheltered place along a coast, such as a reentrant between rocky, cliffed headlands or a bight on a lee shore. (mining engineering) A receptacle from which coal, ore, or waste is loaded into wagons or cars. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Two weeks later he developed fever, chills and flucturance of the pacemaker pocket and presented to our hospital. |
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