pocket edition
AmericanEtymology
Origin of pocket edition
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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In a memory box that Mr. Ailes created for Zachary to open after he died, the father left his child a pocket edition of the U.S.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2017
Days after Mr. Khan brandished his pocket edition of the U.S.
From Time • Aug. 2, 2016
Then, to cheers, he pulled out a pocket edition of it.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2016
He also carried a pocket edition of the Constitution at all times.
From Slate
They examined suspiciously a pocket edition of the New Testament in the original Greek; but I assured them it was not some diabolical Yankee cipher, and they allowed me to keep it.
From Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 by Sprague, Homer B. (Homer Baxter)
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