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pouch noun [ paʊtʃ ]

• a small flexible bag, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt.
• "a tobacco pouch"
Similar: bag, purse, wallet, sack, sac, pocket, container, receptacle, poke, sporran, reticule,
• a pocket-like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation.
Similar: marsupium,
• a baggy area of skin underneath a person's eyes.
• "he had deep pouches under his dark eyes"

pouch verb

• put into a pouch.
• "he stopped, pouched his tickets, and plodded on"
• make (part of a garment) hang like a pouch.
• "the muslin is lightly pouched over the belt"
Origin: Middle English (as a noun): from Old Northern French pouche, variant of Old French poche ‘bag’. Compare with poke2.


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