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Examples
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"Guys, we've got to go," Rand said, taking a watch out of his waistcoat-pocket.
Jamie Stiehm: Christine's Adventures: A Mad Tea Party in Wonderland Jamie Stiehm 2010
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And he handed the five shillings to the landlord, who nodded, dropped the money carelessly into his waistcoat-pocket, and lighted the candle.
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At last I took out of my waistcoat-pocket a small lot wrapped in soft paper, and I put it this way (looking up at the window where she was).
Doctor Marigold 2007
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At last I took out of my waistcoat-pocket a small lot wrapped in soft paper, and I put it this way (looking up at the window where she was).
Doctor Marigold 2007
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Bewildered, he took them from his waistcoat-pocket, gave them to the baggage-master, and went hastily away.
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“So you are talking?” said Pere Grandet as he carefully folded the letter in its original creases and put it into his waistcoat-pocket.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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“One must do at Rome as Rome does,” Pen said, in a dandified manner, jingling some sovereigns in his waistcoat-pocket.
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Belinda, my dear Belinda! flung both her arms round me, and sobbed on my shoulder (or in my waistcoat-pocket rather, for the little witch could reach no higher).
Burlesques 2006
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Rosier slowly got up, putting his watch into his waistcoat-pocket.
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Whereupon something which he had taken from his waistcoat-pocket was thrown violently into the fender, beneath the fire-grate.
Can You Forgive Her? 1993
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