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pouch

UK/paʊt͡ʃ/ US/ˈpaʊtʃ/ fairly common slang
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.

a small or medium size bag-like container for holding or carrying things

2.

an enclosed space

  • “the trapped miners found a pocket of air”
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3.

(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

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verb

1.

put into a small bag

2.
3.

swell or protrude outwards

  • “His eyes bulged with surprise”
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Origin

From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch).

Phrases

  • abdominal pouch
  • brood pouch
  • Faraday pouch
  • laryngeal pouch
  • Morison's pouch
  • nicotine pouch
  • Pavlov pouch
  • pencil pouch

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