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pocket piece
noun
- (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pocket piece1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
Access to the weights for the purpose of fitting new cords is obtained by removing the pocket piece.
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Here's a silver dollar I've been keeping for a pocket piece.
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Mary has that shilling this blessed minute, put away in her purse for a pocket piece, and she carries it everywhere she goes.
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Her precious talisman from the bride's cake, that she had carried as a pocket piece ever since Eugenia's wedding.
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It was a Mexican dollar, dated the year of his birth, and he had for years carried it as a pocket-piece.
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