hip pocket

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noun

a pocket at the back of a pair of trousers

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Words nearby hip pocket

hippies, hippo, hippocampal, hippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, hip pocket, hippocras, Hippocrates, Hippocratic, Hippocratic facies, Hippocratic oath

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How to use hip pocket in a sentence

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
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Young, hip, urban millennials are using tools like Instagram to become one of the fastest growing travel markets.
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I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The young man smiled at the girl, as he crushed up the notes and stuffed them into his pocket.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Down in his galleries and chambers where it was dark as a pocket Grandfather Mole enjoyed himself thoroughly.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
“Of course we know it, sir,” rejoined Fogg, slapping his pocket—perhaps by accident.
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Thinking it was a request for employment which he could not offer, Malcolm stuffed it carelessly into a pocket.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy