Pocketting
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of pocketing. alt-of, alternative
"Phew, you rave now: / But if you have not periſhed all your reaſon, / Know I will uſe my freedome; you (forſooth) / For change of freſh apparell, and the pocketting / Of ſome well looking Duccats, were contented, / Paſſinglie pleas’d, yes marry were you (marke it) / To expoſe me to the danger now you raile at."
- 1 present participle and gerund of pocket form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Phew, you rave now: / But if you have not periſhed all your reaſon, / Know I will uſe my freedome; you (forſooth) / For change of freſh apparell, and the pocketting / Of ſome well looking Duccats, were contented, / Paſſinglie pleas’d, yes marry were you (marke it) / To expoſe me to the danger now you raile at."
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