"hip pocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hip pockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hip pocket (plural hip pockets)
  1. A pocket found near of just behind the hip in a pair of trousers or a skirt. Synonyms: hip-pocket Derived forms: hip-pocket, hip-pocket flask, hip pocket frog, hit in the hip pocket, in one's hip pocket, stay in someone's hip pocket Related terms: back pocket, hip flask, hip revolver
    Sense id: en-hip_pocket-en-noun-HB-fG1bJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (figuratively) A person's assets; financial matters. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: wallet
    Sense id: en-hip_pocket-en-noun-nWyxpN2U

Inflected forms

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          "pair",
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          "ref": "2022 July 19, Jessica Mizrahi, “With inflation rising in Australia, an uncomfortable truth is we waste a lot of what we have”, in The Guardian:",
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          "text": "It's not just the grey days. Already bruised by a steadily rising cost of living, we've been warned by the Treasurer to expect more hip-pocket pain as the price of food spikes because of the floods.",
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      "word": "in one's hip pocket"
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