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Pocket-size   /pˈɑkət-saɪz/   Listen
Pocket-size

adjective
1.
Limited in size or scope.  Synonyms: minor, modest, pocket-sized, small, small-scale.  "A newspaper with a modest circulation" , "Small-scale plans" , "A pocket-size country"
2.
Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket.  Synonyms: pocket-sized, pocketable.






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"Pocket-size" Quotes from Famous Books



... limpets, four ribbed cowries, and a thing like a green pea. Of course she knew no names, but a kind of interest was awakened by the beauty and variety before her. A pile of papers had been provided, and the housewife [a pocket-size container for small articles (as thread)—D.L.] which Betty made her always carry in her pocket furnished wherewithal to make up a number of bags for the lesser sorts; and she went to work, her troubles somewhat beguiled by the novel beauties ...
— Love and Life • Charlotte M. Yonge



Words linked to "Pocket-size" :   limited, little



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