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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pocket.

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Examples

  • Martin pocketed it with a grimace, and felt for a moment the kindly weight of Brissenden's hand upon his shoulder.

    Chapter 31 2010

  • Martin pocketed it with a grimace, and felt for a moment the kindly weight of Brissenden's hand upon his shoulder.

    Chapter 31 1908

  • That argument struck home, and Elaka pocketed the bilbok.

    Antimatter John Vornholt 2000

  • That argument struck home, and Elaka pocketed the bilbok.

    Antimatter John Vornholt 2000

  • That argument struck home, and Elaka pocketed the bilbok.

    Antimatter John Vornholt 2000

  • Pawlenty: Another deep "pocketed" Republican with the delusion that the American people agree with his twisted philosophy.

    Pawlenty makes moves in South Carolina 2010

  • Pawlenty: Another deep "pocketed" Republican with the delusion that the American people agree with his twisted philosophy.

    Pawlenty makes moves in South Carolina 2010

  • President Clinton once complained privately that the Chinese leaders "pocketed" concessions instead of "crediting" them.

    Aspirational Economics 101 2008

  • Also, when more people have more money they hire more things done that they would otherwise do themselves... so that "pocketed" extra capital goes to construction workers for the new deck and outdoor entertainment "room", to auto-workers for the new car, for the truckers to transport it, for the housekeeper, for the nanny, for all the extra meals out at restaurants...

    You judge the new Tina Fey skit spoofing Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008

  • He also accused Mwanawasa of having "pocketed" 60,000 dollars

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

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