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pocket-piece

pocket-piece is the alternative form of pocket piece.

Meaning of pocket piece

Noun

pocket piece (plural pocket pieces)

  1. Something carried in the pocket for good luck, especially a coin.
    • Item, from Sir Lucius O'Trigger—three crovvns—tvvo gold pocket-pieces—and a ſilver ſnuff-box!1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 16
  2. (slang) A compact summary of national television ratings produced by Nielsen Media Research.

Forms of pocket-piece

pluralpocket-pieces

Questions about pocket-piece

What is pocket-piece the alternative form of?
Pocket-piece is the alternative form of pocket piece.

Words near pocket-piece in the dictionary

  1. pocket-hole
  2. pocket-hole jig
  3. pocket-hole jigs
  4. pocket-holes
  5. pocket-knife
  6. pocket-piece
  7. pocket-pool
  8. pocket-sheriff
  9. pocket-sheriffs
  10. pocket-size
  11. pocket-sized

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