pocket edition

American  

noun

1. pocketbook.

2. Informal. a small or smaller form of something; miniature version.

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Etymology

Origin of pocket edition

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Pocket edition, printed on Oxford India Bible paper, cloth cover, one to five copies, each $4.50; six or more, each $4.25; morocco, one to five copies inclusive, $7.50; six or more, each $7.25.

From Rudimental Divine Science by Eddy, Mary Baker

Pocket edition of the most eminent English authors of the preceding century, of which it is vols.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Hewett-Thayer, Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman)

Pocket edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron,' with name of Joseph Stangerson upon the fly-leaf.

From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Pocket edition, morocco, limp, round corners, gilt edges, Oxford India Bible paper, uniform with the pocket edition of Science and Health, single copy, $14.00; six or more, each, $13.50.

From Rudimental Divine Science by Eddy, Mary Baker

Pocket edition of the most eminent English authors of the preceding century, of which it is Vol. IV.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Hewett-Thayer, Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman)