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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pouch
Phonetic Transcription : paʊtʃ



Définition of pouch

Origin :
  • early 14c., "bag for carrying things," especially (late 14c.) "small bag in which money is carried," from Anglo-French puche, Old North French pouche (13c.), Old French poche "purse, poke," all from a Germanic source (cf. Old English pocca "bag;" see poke (n.1)). Extended to cavities in animal bodies from c.1400.
  • noun soft container, often made of cloth or skin
Example sentences :
  • I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He took a long string from his pouch and fastened one end to an arrow.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Taking up the pouch, she handed it to him, and he clutched it with a strange eagerness.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • And he thrust his hand into his pouch for money to pay his score.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • Then he thrust his hand into his pouch and drew thence four golden angels.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • I then searched his pouch and found all his ammunition gone.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence
  • He drew out a letter, not from among the other mail in his pouch, but from his pocket.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • The opossum is famous for carrying its young in a pouch in front of the body.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • I had a pouch of them in my jacket, and I cracked and ate them as I went.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • Chase was at the counter checking off the packages as I put them in the pouch.
  • Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton

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