watch pocket

noun

a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob ¹( def 1 ).

First recorded in 1830–40

And all these foolish pilgrims would each bring his own misery along with him, in a watch-pocket!

He had come upon it in a last desperate dive into his watch-pocket, in which he never by any chance kept anything.

But Garth hadn't missed the man's instinctive gesture towards his watch pocket.

Then a sudden idea occurred to him, and he thrust his hand into the watch pocket of his uniform.

A watch-pocket is made in the left breast; a pocket for railway tickets halfway down the right side.

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