deep pocket

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

DaVita has another deep pocket it might be able to pick in a pinch: Billionaire Warren Buffett owns 38% of the company through his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, according to DaVita’s most recent proxy statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

How you carry them: The charging case is larger than it ought to be, but narrow enough you could stick in a deep pocket.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2019

How you carry them: The charging case is larger than it ought to be, but narrow enough to stick in a deep pocket.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

The school would’ve been better served by paying off cases from its deep pocket and keeping the matters quiet.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2016

Still she took it and put it in a deep pocket in a very loose fitting white dress that she had made herself from the cloth that I had brought her on my last visit.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat