pocket battleship

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noun

a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.

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Origin of pocket battleship

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby pocket battleship

pocill., pock, pocked, pocket, pocketable, pocket battleship, pocketbike, pocket billiards, pocketbook, pocket borough, pocket calculator

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How to use pocket battleship in a sentence

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
It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One African American woman brandished a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution while marching.
Sharpton Recalls Civil Rights Struggle in DC March Against Police Violence|Ben Jacobs|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Being dapper is all about attention to detail, like sporting a perfectly tucked handkerchief in your suit pocket.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|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.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for pocket battleship

pocket battleship

noun

a small heavily armoured and armed battle cruiser specially built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament, esp any of those built by Germany in the 1930s

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