"hindpocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hindpockets [plural], hind-pocket [alternative], hind pocket [alternative]
Etymology: From hind- + pocket. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hind|pocket|alt1=hind-}} hind- + pocket Head templates: {{en-noun}} hindpocket (plural hindpockets)
  1. A pocket located in the rear; back pocket
    Sense id: en-hindpocket-en-noun-mj7HGszW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1835, Fraser's Magazine, volume 11:",
          "text": "“Whisht! whisht!” said Fogarty. “Mr. Fin is a real gentleman every inch of him, and sometimes touchy with strangers—carries a brace of pops, as he calls them, in his big coat hindpockets, ready loaded—can snuff a candle across his own lawn, […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1844, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review - Volume 164:",
          "text": "At the same time he searches for his proof: in his hindpockets were contained articles of reviews and romances of M. Paul de Kock: […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1868, The Shamrock, volumes 3-4:",
          "text": "The old professor put his hand to the hindpocket of his coat to search for the Homer, which was his vade-mecum, when the unfortunate empiric threw up the window and cried out, “Stop, stop, coachman, and There's a man here !” […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, Charles James Lever, Novels: The Dodd family abroad:",
          "text": "There is a German Graf von Herrenshausen, a large, yellow-bearded, blear-eyed monster, with a frogged coat and a huge pipe-stick projecting from the hindpocket, who kisses my hand whenever we meet, and leers at me from the whist-table – for, happily, he is past dancing — like a Ghoul in an Eastern tale.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Amelia Rosselli, Jennifer Scappettone, Loco Motrix:",
          "text": "Humbly shall I Spit at thee, Crawling my Hand at your HindPocket, as you Kisse Me.",
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        }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1835, Fraser's Magazine, volume 11:",
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