hip pocket
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“But then, not really, because when I was a commander, the JAG was in my hip pocket, to keep me out of trouble.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
It was just suddenly this cool thing that you had to have in your hip pocket or in your whatever, in your hand, if you wanted to be a trendsetter.
From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2021
Does the Cinerama join them on the road to an oblivion where a movie screen is no more special than some pixels you carry in your hip pocket?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
It was brown, faux-leather, and fit in the hip pocket of Army combat trousers.
From Salon ● May 25, 2020
Josiah stopped the truck and got out; he pulled his leather work gloves from his hip pocket and put them on.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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