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1) "Pocket" -- As to pocket squares 1pock·et
Pronunciation: 'pä-k&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English poket, from Anglo-French poket, pochete, diminutive of poke, pouche bag -- more at POUCH
1 a : a small bag carried by a person : PURSE b : a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side <coat pocket>
2 : supply of money : MEANS
3 : RECEPTACLE, CONTAINER: as a : an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table b : a superficial pouch in some animals
4 : a small often isolated area or group <pockets of unemployment>: a : a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas) b : AIR POCKET
5 : a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail
6 a : BLIND ALLEY b : the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others c : an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass
7 : the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught
- pock·et·ful /-"ful/ noun
- in one's pocket : in one's control or possession
- in pocket
1 : provided with funds
2 : in the position of having made a profit
- out of pocket
1 : low on money or funds
2 : having suffered a loss
3 : from cash on hand Pronunciation Symbols
An example of a pocket as seen from the inside with some of its contents. A pocket is a small bag, particularly a bag-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing. Cargo pants have pockets with an extra large capacity. Historically, the term pocket referred to: - A pouch worn around the waist by women in the 17th to 19th centuries, mentioned in the rhyme Lucy Locket if interpreted literally.[1]
- A sack in which hops were stored, generally with a capacity of 168–224 lb (76–102 kg).
The word appears in Middle English as poket, and is taken from a Norman diminutive of O. Fr. poke, pouque, mod. poche, cf. pouch. The form "poke" is now only used dialectically, or in such proverbial sayings as "a pig in a poke," and possibly in the poke-bonnet, the coal-scuttle bonnet fashionable during the first part of the 19th century, and now worn by the female members of the Salvation Army. More probably the name of the bonnet is connected with poke, to thrust forward, dig. The origin of this is obscure. Dutch has poken, pook, a dagger; Swedish has pĂĄk, a stick. A fob pocket is a small pocket designed to hold an old style pocket watch in men's trousers and vests.
- ^ http://www.spnea.org/NEHM/NEWWSpringPage04.htm
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- BBC - h2g2 - A Very Brief History of the Pocket
- BMEzine - A webzine with information on pocketing as a body modification
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2) "Squares" -- As to pocket squares 1square
Pronunciation: 'skwer
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrare to square, from Latin ex- + quadrare to square -- more at QUADRATE
1 : an instrument having at least one right angle and two straight edges used especially to lay out or test right angles
2 : a rectangle with all four sides equal
3 : any of the quadrilateral spaces marked out on a board for playing games
4 : the product of a number multiplied by itself
5 a : an open place or area formed at the meeting of two or more streets b : BLOCK 6a
6 : a solid object or piece approximating a cube or having a square as its largest face
7 : an unopened cotton flower with its enclosing bracts
8 : a person who is conventional or conservative in taste or way of life
9 : a square meal <ate three squares a day>
- on the square
1 : at right angles
2 : in a fair open manner : HONESTLY
- out of square : not at an exact right angle Pronunciation Symbols
- For the "Squares" game, see Dots and Boxes
During the swing era, the late 1920's to 1947, jazz musicians and their followers were called hepcats, and hep was used to describe people who were in the know, about music, night life, drugs, sex, etc. Swingers were known as hepcats. People who were not swingers were called squares. In the early 40's, squares who were fond of swing music but did not necessarily follow the hep lifestyle began using the term hep to describe themselves, so the musicians, in an attempt to distinguish themselves from the squares, began using the term hip instead of hep and hence, the hepcats became hipsters. In the 50's, hipsters began to be called beatniks. Squares, however, remained squares until the 1960's, when hipsters and beatniks became hippies, and squares became straights. Another expression, derived from square, was the term "L7," or "strictly L Seven." This derives from the fact that an L and a 7, if drawn in a certain way, looks like a square. This expression probably originated later, during the 50's beatnik era. ..."
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