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From a dictionary definition:

noun

  • a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • a bag or pouch.

adjective

  • small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
  • relatively small;
  • smaller than usual: a pocket war;
  • a pocket country.

verb (used with object)

  • to put into one’s pocket: to pocket one’s keys.
  • to take possession of as one’s own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds.
  • to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult.
  • to conceal or suppress: to pocket one’s pride.
  • to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley.
  • Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket.
  • pocket-veto.
  • to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing.

We’ll start off with small or concealed for now.

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