Pocketed

Examples

• He pocketed the letter, and, bowing to Eustacia, went away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And Christian went back and privately pocketed them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The hasp snapped sharply in its hole, and Miss Ophelia turned the key, and pocketed it in triumph. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He locked the desk, pocketed all the property, and went. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Christian pocketed the moneybags, promised the greatest carefulness, and set out on his way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The cheque was written by the little gentleman, and pocketed by Mr. Jingle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But there were more accidents and more delays in travel by coach than by train, and so, one by one, they pocketed their pride and capitulated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Regularly pocketed him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The reddleman looked grim, threw a raffle of aces, and pocketed the stakes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Now;' when he had carefully pocketed the coins on that side of himself which was furthest from his new friend; 'what's this for? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He gave him a half-guinea too, which the servant pocketed with a mixture of wonder and contempt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He took it--shut the pencil in and out, broke its point against the wood, re-cut and pocketed it, and . Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Editor: Olaf