watch pocket

noun

Definition of watch pocket

: a small pocket just below the front waistband of men's trousers

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Health officials are watching pockets of Texas closely because of the number of parents requesting exemptions under Texas’s broad vaccine exemption law. — Elizabeth Byrne, Shiying Cheng, Houston Chronicle, "Texas vaccine exemption rates have reached an all-time high. Did Texas make it too easy for parents," 12 June 2019

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The first known use of watch pocket was in 1831

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