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 Pock·et v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pocketing.]
 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
    He would pocket the expense of the license.   --Sterne.
 2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
    He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead.   --Macaulay.
 To pocket a ball Billiards, to drive a ball into a pocket of the table.
 To pocket an insult, affront, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. “I must pocket up these wrongs.”
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