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pocket secretary

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noun

  1. a long, narrow walletlike case, usually of leather and containing pockets for credit and business cards, paper money, etc., and sometimes a notepad and pencil.

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A Lanier pocket secretary is at the ready to help Carter sort out his days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madison folded himself into the canary yellow client's chair at my direction, and took a leather-bound pocket secretary from inside his almost-too-snug jacket.

From Measure for a Loner by Harmon, James Judson

He replaced the pocket secretary and looked at me edgewise, speculatively.

From Measure for a Loner by Harmon, James Judson

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