单词 | side pocket |
释义 | side pocketn. 1. A pocket in the side portion or side seam of a garment, esp. a coat or jacket. Also attributive, designating a garment provided with such a pocket. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > pocket > types of French pocket1675 side pocket1678 breast pocket1758 suck1821 watch-pocket1831 patch pocket1895 insider1896 prat1908 sidekick1916 bellows pocket1922 pannier pocket1922 welt pocket1932 slit pocket1933 1667 in State Papers Domestic Charles II (P.R.O.: SP 29/191/63ii) ii. f. 153 The right side pockett..and the small pockett or Fobb.] 1678 E. Ravenscroft Eng. Lawyer v. i. 59 In what place soever about him; whether in his great Pockets, side-Pockets, in his Purse, or in his Fob. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxix. 261 Drawing a large cuteau from his side-pocket. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 171 Pulling out his butcher's knife, from a sheath in his side-pocket. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 95 Buttoning his coat over the arms, which were concealed in a side-pocket, ingeniously contrived for that purpose. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. v. 88 With hands stuffed into his side pockets. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 13 Jan. 4/2 He wore a..side-pocket jacket which fitted him like a glove. 1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 465/2 He brought an old coat one day, and amused himself firing through the side-pockets. 1968 I. McGregor Edinb. Reel iii. 43 From a velvet side-pocket she took out a large snuff-box and gave herself a hearty pinch. 2011 K. Pilgrim Explorer's Code (2012) 58 He picked up the jacket again and felt in his side pocket. 2. A pocket or pouch used to store items at the side of a vehicle, tent, bag, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other parts of tents booth-cloth1552 side pocket1761 mudwalling1905 bell end1919 1761 ‘C. Morell’ Hist. James Lovegrove I. ii. vi. 198 His Ribs were well bruised with Wallis's Logick, which stuck out of the Side Pocket of the Chariot. 1800 Monthly Mirror June 358 A book, with a brace of pistols, generally occupied the side pocket of her carriage. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 23 Along the sides of the tent are suspended rows of square-cut canvas bags, called side-pockets. 1917 Farm Jrnl. Sept. 490/3 Get a bottle today and keep it in your desk, in your travelling bag, in your medicine cabinet or in the side pocket of your automobile. 1962 Internal Revenue Bull. U.S.: Cumulative Bull. Jan.–June § 4031. 197 The bag has a built-in purse, side pocket, or compartment closed by a zipper. 2015 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 3 Deep side pockets run the full length of the cockpit. Phrases In various phrases indicating a complete lack of necessity, as to have as much use for something as a dog has for a side pocket and similar: to have no use at all for something. ΚΠ 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. 1828 S. Dales Quakers & Cock Robins 58 They will have no more use ‘for a silken purse than for a sow's ear’, or ‘a toad for a side-pocket’. 1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar iii. 265 He's no more use for a hunter now, than a cow has for a side-pocket. 1964 F. E. Smith Yazoo River 225 He [sc. the bear] hadn't no more use for his feet nor a toad for a side pocket. 2008 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Dec. l6 Toronto needs another French restaurant like a dog needs side pockets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678 |
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