"pocket-call" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pocket-calls [present, singular, third-person], pocket-calling [participle, present], pocket-called [participle, past], pocket-called [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pocket-call (third-person singular simple present pocket-calls, present participle pocket-calling, simple past and past participle pocket-called)
  1. Alternative form of pocket call Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pocket call
    Sense id: en-pocket-call-en-verb-UIaORf-y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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