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Definition of Pocketed
1. pocket [v] - See also: pocket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocketed
Literary usage of Pocketed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of the Federal and State Constitutions of the United States: With an by Frederic Jesup Stimson (1908)
"pocketed Bills. — In most States, if a bill be kept a certain length of time by
the governor, without returning it, it will become a law except in case of ..."
2. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"Usually an opponent wanted an advantage like being able to win if they pocketed
the nine or the eight ball instead of just the nine ..."
3. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"... rough with gorse and ling, and through pocketed hollows of bracken and trees.
They came to a small Roman Catholic church in the fields. ..."
4. The Law Magazine and Law Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1862)
"... and the proceeds of the sale pocketed by the debtor, because he omitted to
issue, register, and execute, and put in force a writ of execution, ..."