"forepocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forepockets [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + pocket. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|pocket}} fore- + pocket Head templates: {{en-noun}} forepocket (plural forepockets)
  1. A pocket located in the front; front pocket Synonyms: fore-pocket
    Sense id: en-forepocket-en-noun-KOMXd4EC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1939, Edwin Lanham, The Stricklands",
          "text": "Joseph Paul took a pipe from the forepocket of his overalls. The bowl was a .50 caliber cartridge shell, soldered to a metal stem. He shook a small amount of tobacco into it from a sack and tamped it with his little finger.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, John Muir, Growing Up In The West",
          "text": "His hands were thrust down into the forepockets of his trousers. `Ye're an awfu' man Jock.'",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree",
          "text": "When he lowered the skiff they lay gaping on the boards under a sun that withered them visibly, Suttree gripped his forepockets, searching.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2015, Oliver Onions, Gray youth",
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