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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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| I took up the two officers in my hands, put them first into my coat-pockets, and then into every other pocket about me, except my two fobs, and another secret pocket, which I had no mind should be searched, wherein I had some little necessaries that were of no consequence to any but myself. The little dog barked and made a dive for the shaggy man's leg; but he grabbed the dog by the neck and put it in his big pocket along with the apples. LITTLE Benjamin said that the first thing to be done was to get back Peter's clothes, in order that they might be able to use the pocket handkerchief. |
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