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(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooke

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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
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  • “📕 Titre : Uglies 🎙 Voix : Aughra - Morgane (Aughra) ✒️ Autrice : Scott Westerfeld 🖨️ Editions : Pocket Jeunesse ⏱️ 00:26:12 3/7”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Pto really burns a hole in my proverbial pocket”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “>> Keep your black card in your pocket”

  • “>> Keep your black card in your pocket”

  • “out of my pocket and somebody handed it”

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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

I paid for it out of my own pocket.
Origin: From , from , , poquete, diminutive of poque, bag, sack (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from , from , from . Equivalent to . . Cognate with , , , poke, pouch, pocket, bag, . Compare the related poke. See also Modern and. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Both are true. The money will not end up in the ballroom but in a certain President’s pocket.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Has Katie Melua released 🎵 there are five million pounds in Farage's arse pocket... YET?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Well the ballroom will cost 400 to 500 million the rest Trump will pocket.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hi hello this is completely out of pocket but are you aware that if you go over 99 tabs it turns into a smiley face?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I am 26 years old and I just realized Pokemon stood for Pocket Monsters.”

    — r/etymology· Apr 2026
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(by extension) A person's financial resources.

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