deep pocket

Idioms and Phrases

Also, deep pockets . A source of substantial wealth or financial support, as in The college relies on the deep pocket of one particular alumna . This term alludes to money-filled pockets. [ Slang ; 1970s]

Example Sentences

Some three miles east of Alkosh lies a great recess in the mountains—hardly so much a valley as a deep pocket among the cliffs.

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The village of Georgetown nestles in a deep pocket of the mountains.

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Slipping the knife into the deep pocket of her cloak, she hurried on into the unlit passage leading to the chapel.

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Don placed a sandwich in each deep pocket of his mackinaw coat, and pushed an apple on top of each.

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The little man reached down into a deep pocket in his coat, and drew out a tiny harp and a tiny stool.

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