pocket chisel

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noun

any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.

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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.
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It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.
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This leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.
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One African American woman brandished a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution while marching.
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Being dapper is all about attention to detail, like sporting a perfectly tucked handkerchief in your suit pocket.
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The young man smiled at the girl, as he crushed up the notes and stuffed them into his pocket.
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Down in his galleries and chambers where it was dark as a pocket Grandfather Mole enjoyed himself thoroughly.
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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.
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