Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of a size suitable to be carried in a pocket.
- adjective Small.
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- adjective small enough to fit into a
pocket - adjective idiomatic
small -scale,downsized
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective limited in size or scope
- adjective small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
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Examples
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Explosives shaped like lumps of coal nicknamed “Black Joe” and pocket-sized incendiaries with time-delayed fuses to start fires were sent to Europe.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The million and a half residents of Greater Beirut had only a handful of tiny, pocket-sized public parks, none of them particularly green.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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For years, hobbyist digital photographers had two options: heavy SLR cameras that can capture creative effects, and pocket-sized point-and-shoots that take pedestrian photos.
Cameras Act Like a Pro, but Are as Easy as Pie Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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If you don't have one, or if you're looking for a vinyl player that's portable in a way the real ones can never be, try this pocket-sized version of VinylLove.
Eliot Van Buskirk: Retro Music Apps Aren't Just a Novelty (for iPhone and iPad) Eliot Van Buskirk 2011
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A few years ago, Farley self-published Diary of a Pedestrian, an intimate pocket-sized monograph which documented her lengthy walks around Manhattan over a period of 20 years.
Holly Cara Price: Photojournalist Ronnie Farley Focuses the Lens on the Innate Strength of Women in Her Work Holly Cara Price 2012
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The Read: "Copenhagen from Noma + Momondo" is pocket-sized yet thorough, a best-of guide to the city that features recommendations from the restaurant staff.
Where Cold Is Cool Sara Clemence 2011
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I love empanadas, the little pocket-sized South and Central American stuffed pastries, and have had them with all kinds of meat and vegetarian fillings.
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It does 8 megapixels and has a 3x zoom; more importantly, it is pocket-sized.
Full-frame or bust « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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As Mr. Hermes puts it: "Except for the Japanese break-dancers, the botanically advanced weed, the Republican mayor, the iPods, the pocket-sized Flip video cameras, the openly gay kids, and the relative lack of menace, it seems not unlike the old days" in present-day New York.
New York Rock City Eric Been 2011
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If you don't have one, or if you're looking for a vinyl player that's portable in a way the real ones can never be, try this pocket-sized version of VinylLove.
Eliot Van Buskirk: Retro Music Apps Aren't Just a Novelty (for iPhone and iPad) Eliot Van Buskirk 2011
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