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trouser-pockets

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  • He walked right across the room, listlessly dragging his feet, and keeping his hands in his trouser-pockets, and sank heavily upon the sofa.

    The Jew and other stories 2006

  • Men admired his easy laughter, as, shuffling his half-crowns with both his hands in his trouser-pockets, he declared that Messrs Romer and Reddypalm were the best friends he had known for many a day.

    Doctor Thorne 2004

  • Then he got up, and, putting his hands in his trouser-pockets, whistled as he walked away.

    Can You Forgive Her? 1993

  • Then he threw the knife away from him, and thrusting his hands into his trouser-pockets, laughed again -- "Ha! ha!"

    Can You Forgive Her? 1993

  • That evening he wandered around the city with money jingling in his trouser-pockets.

    Swirling Waters Max Rittenberg

  • Peter had succeeded in getting his pipe to draw, and, with both hands in his trouser-pockets, was observing the actors in the drama with an air of pleased detachment.

    Busman's Honeymoon Sayers, Dorothy L. 1937

  • "Turn around," commanded Cotton; and Hal turned, and the Jew went through his trouser-pockets.

    King Coal : a Novel Upton Sinclair 1923

  • He let his body lean against the iron post of a gas-lamp, stuck his hands in his trouser-pockets and stood there looking at the paving-stones.

    The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

  • But he threw himself into the armchair again, and thrust his hands into his trouser-pockets, still looking angrily at his son, however.

    VIII. Wakem in a New Light. Book VI—The Great Temptation 1917

  • He shivered and drove his hands deep into his trouser-pockets.

    Steadfast Falters 1916

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