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Pocketing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined).

    "By their count, the senator's illicit pocketings of money hugely exceeded Garfield's."

  2. 2
    Material used for making pockets for clothing.

    "Avoid stiff pocketings of 100 percent polyester. To reduce bulk, cut linings for patch pockets from lining fabric rather than self-fabric."

  3. 3
    A structure resembling a pocket or pouch.

    "Vampire bats are capable of perceiving infrared radiation (heat) through the pocketings in their noseleaves that can allow them to find a feeding spot on their prey that is well supplied with blood vessels."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pocket form-of, gerund, participle, present

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