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      pockets
      noun
      (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
      (by extension) A person's financial resources.
      (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
      (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
      (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
      (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
      (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
      A small, isolated group or area.
      An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
      A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
      The pouch of an animal.
      (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
      (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
      (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
      (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
      (surfing) The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
      (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
      (music) A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.
      (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
      A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
      A bight on a lee shore.
      A surname.
      verb
      (transitive) To put (something) into a pocket.
      (transitive, informal) To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
      (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
      (transitive, informal, dated) To put up with; to bear without complaint.
      adjective
      Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
      Smaller or more compact than usual.
      (Texas hold'em poker) Belonging to the two initial hole cards.
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