pocket piece
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pocket piece
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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The "telephone coincidental" reports are gathered, run through I.B.M. machines, beaten into percentages and published every two weeks in "the pocket piece," a small green booklet that is every huckster's Bible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others carry the medal as a pocket piece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her precious talisman from the bride's cake, that she had carried as a pocket piece ever since Eugenia's wedding.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
Mr. Braddy, after some fumbling, produced the dollar, a dog-eared wallet, a tin watch, a patent cigar cutter, a pocket piece from a pickle exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago, and some cigar coupons.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
Dat was me lucky pocket piece, and dat's gone, too.
From The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? by Webster, Frank V.
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