breast pocket
10
2.4
- noun
- A brand new Imperial, cash, and Jason already has the commission check in his breast pocket.
- handkerchief in the breast pocket
- left breast pocket
- reached into his breast pocket
Examples
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What's that in your breast pocket?
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I grabbed it from his breast pocket.
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I put it in my breast pocket.
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Right there in that breast pocket.
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I had two grand inside my breast pocket that needed a home.
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As I say, I very often carry them in the breast pocket of my jacket.
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In the wide breast pocket was a pen and a small hardback book.
Fiction book (1996) -
All right, in the breast pocket of this jacket, there are some pills that my brother Lennie gave me.
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Ben Gurion folded the paper and put it in his breast pocket.
Fiction book (1993) -
He kept his glasses in the breast pocket of his jacket for easy access.
Synonyms
902
1.0
A small bag sewn into clothing to hold small things
The inside of a jacket where you keep small things
How Deep
10
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pocket on the upper chest area' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'breast' (upper chest area) with 'pocket' (a small pouch). This noun–noun locative/compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun breast pocket is the small pocket sewn on the breast, the upper 'chest' of a jacket, and is used to hold small items like a handkerchief or ticket.