pocket edition

noun

1. pocketbook ( def 3 ).
2. Informal. a small or smaller form of something; miniature version.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocket edition¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Bedstemor strode masterfully into the room, and sat down near the little pocket edition of herself.

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In his small blue overalls and jumper, in his alert and manful attitude, Little Jim was a pocket edition of his father.

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Printed with larger type than any other small or pocket edition extant.

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He read a chapter in the New Testament and followed that with a page in a pocket edition of Epictetus.

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The doctor gravely handed over a pocket edition of Don Quixote, which happened to lie in his reach.

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