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pocketable, a.|ˈpɒkɪtəb(ə)l|
[f. pocket v. + -able.]
That may be put or carried in the pocket.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Portable, Pocketable. 1704Derham in Phil. Trans. XXV. 1585 (2) These Instruments are..easily carried about,..the latter especially, which may be made pocketable. 1853Tait's Mag. XX. 632 The volume is small and pocketable. 1890Clark Russell My Shipmate Louise xv, There is pocketable booty in the mail-room.
Hence ˈpocketableness.
1891Sat. Rev. 22 Aug. 230/2 Pocketableness..is the great point of a guide. |