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Examples
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The point about why I love the Palm Tungsten T as a book-reading device is that I can carry it with me everywhere because it fits in my trouser-pocket.
In Defense of the Kindle Rogers 2009
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Viktor drew us a little aside, and pulling out of his trouser-pocket a whole bundle of the red and blue notes then in use waved them in the air.
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‘And I cannot see any need why he should wait,’ said Bennett, feeling in his trouser-pocket.
Kim 2003
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They could all see him standing, waving one hand in the air, the other was in his trouser-pocket.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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I caught a glint of gold as he put something back in his trouser-pocket.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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Astonishment, followed instantly by avarice, and then by suspicion, calculation, and finally by decision as the hand clenched and hurried the money into a trouser-pocket.
Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
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Dr. Manschoff dismantled his steeple and placed a half of the roof in each trouser-pocket.
This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch 1955
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I caught a glint of gold as he put something back in his trouser-pocket.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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They could all see him standing, waving one hand in the air, the other was in his trouser-pocket.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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So, before coming down to House, he carefully filled his trouser-pocket with convenient-sized paving-stones.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 Various
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