trouser pocket

collocation in English

meaningsoftrouserandpocket

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trouser
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈtraʊ.zər/us
/ˈtraʊ.zɚ/
belonging or relating ...
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pocket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɑː.kɪt/
a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece ...
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(Definition oftrouserandpocketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrouser pocket

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In my part of the country he has usually got a rather dirty pound note in histrouserpocket, and that is the usual fee.
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If atrouserpocketis not a dress accessory, it is at least an accessory for repairing men's suits.
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Why do we not distinguish between his jacket pocket and histrouserpocket, and he can have an exempted supply in one, but he is in peril on the other?
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In other words he was going to transfer £2 million of money from his right-handtrouserpocketto his left-hand trouser pocket and was calling that a receipt.
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He had 65 twenty-dollar bills, which he placed in a leather billfold and placed in his right hiptrouserpocket.
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These lights may be kept in a holder on the belt, or in atrouserpocket.
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Waistcoats are now worn less, so the pocket watch may be more likely be stored in atrouserpocket.
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Concealment holsters are designed to be worn under clothing, such as on the belt under a coat, under pants in an ankle holster, or in atrouserpocket.
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Then suddenly, he took his hand from histrouserpocket, swiftly removed his pipe from between his lips, and slipped a small glass phial into his mouth.
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Isn't this really just about the state being able to get its hand in ordinary people's trouser pockets to steal yet more tax from them?
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They acquired their market gardens by the sweat of their brows and the savings they have been able to put into their own trouser pockets.
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Trouser pockets are often over-weighted by coins which turn out to be 10p or 2p.
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There is the question of trouser pockets.
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