pocket edition

American  

noun

1. pocketbook.

2. Informal. a small or smaller form of something; miniature version.

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Etymology

Origin of pocket edition

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

In a memory box that Mr. Ailes created for Zachary to open after he died, the father left his child a pocket edition of the U.S.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2017

Days after Mr. Khan brandished his pocket edition of the U.S.

From Time • Aug. 2, 2016

Then, to cheers, he pulled out a pocket edition of it.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2016

He also carried a pocket edition of the Constitution at all times.

From Slate

I purchased last evening a beautiful pocket edition of Sir William Jones’s Letters, and have 43 just finished reading them.

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth