shirt pocket

collocation in English

meaningsofshirtandpocket

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shirt
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɜːt/us
/ʃɝːt/
a piece of clothing worn, especially by men, on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth like cotton and usually having a collar and buttons at ...
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pocket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɑː.kɪt/
a small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece ...
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(Definition ofshirtandpocketfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshirt pocket

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For all years the school's monogram is printed on theshirtpocket.
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In early episodes, packs of cigarettes are detectable in hisshirtpocket.
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He applied for a new passport, noting that his old one had been destroyed after being thrown in the washing machine in ashirtpocket.
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One day he placed one that he was working on into hisshirtpocketwhile he took a phone call.
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I stuffed it into myshirtpocketand headed off to work.
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The school monogram is printed on theshirtpocket.
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He accidentally drops the fish (which had fallen in hisshirtpocket) in the sambar and a hilarious sequence follows.
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The regular size patch may be worn on the right breastshirtpocket, in the temporary patch spot.
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The size was such that it could fit in a modernshirtpocket.
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His watchchain dangles, near at hand, from hisshirtpocket.
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Some of them wear clothes, but usually this is limited to a tie, collar andshirtpocket(without a shirt).
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He told me to put my passport in myshirtpocket....
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She had cut them to fit into hisshirtpocket.
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These books, at approximately 3 by 5 inches (8 by 12 cm) easily fit into a working man's back pocket orshirtpocket.
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He kept religious tracts in hisshirtpocketwhere he had previously kept his rabbit's foot, and he often gave these tracts to people he met.
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The car had been stopped by a police officer for a faulty brake light, and the driver was promptly observed to have a syringe in hisshirtpocket.
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The shirt was forest green with orange piping around the epaulets and shirt pockets.
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