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pocket piece

pocket piece noun: something carried in the pocket for good luck, especially a coin.

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 does pocket piece mean?
Pocket piece means something carried in the pocket for good luck, especially a coin.
What part of speech is pocket piece?
Pocket piece is a noun.
What is the plural of pocket piece?
The plural of pocket piece is pocket pieces.

Words near pocket piece in the dictionary

  1. pocket pairs
  2. pocket park
  3. pocket parks
  4. pocket pet
  5. pocket pets
  6. pocket piece
  7. pocket pieces
  8. pocket pistol
  9. pocket pistols
  10. pocket plum
  11. pocket plums

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