pocket edition
noun
Informal. a small or smaller form of something; miniature version.
Origin of pocket edition
1First recorded in 1705–15
Words Nearby pocket edition
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How to use pocket edition in a sentence
Bedstemor strode masterfully into the room, and sat down near the little pocket edition of herself.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenIn his small blue overalls and jumper, in his alert and manful attitude, Little Jim was a pocket edition of his father.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert KnibbsPrinted with larger type than any other small or pocket edition extant.
Aunt Phillis's Cabin | Mary H. EastmanHe read a chapter in the New Testament and followed that with a page in a pocket edition of Epictetus.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenThe doctor gravely handed over a pocket edition of Don Quixote, which happened to lie in his reach.
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