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Quick definitions from WordNet (pocket)

▸ noun:  a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
▸ noun:  an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
▸ noun:  a small isolated group of people ("They were concentrated in pockets inside the city")
▸ noun:  a supply of money ("They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets")
▸ noun:  (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left ("The ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike")
▸ noun:  (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
▸ noun:  a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
▸ noun:  a hollow concave shape made by removing something
▸ noun:  an enclosed space ("The trapped miners found a pocket of air")
▸ verb:  put in one's pocket ("He pocketed the change")
▸ verb:  take unlawfully

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