forepocket
English
Alternative forms
- fore-pocket
Etymology
From fore- + pocket.
Noun
forepocket (plural forepockets)
- A pocket located in the front; front pocket
- 1939, Edwin Lanham, The Stricklands:
- Joseph Paul took a pipe from the forepocket of his overalls. The bowl was a .50 caliber cartridge shell, soldered to a metal stem. He shook a small amount of tobacco into it from a sack and tamped it with his little finger.
- 2010, John Muir, Growing Up In The West:
- His hands were thrust down into the forepockets of his trousers. `Ye're an awfu' man Jock.'
- 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree:
- When he lowered the skiff they lay gaping on the boards under a sun that withered them visibly, Suttree gripped his forepockets, searching.
- 2015, Oliver Onions, Gray youth:
- This young woman had a long bare neck that reminded Amory of an artist's model, and her hands were thrust into the fore-pockets of a brown knitted coat.
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