pocket, noun

Origin:
British EnglishShow more Transferred use of British English pocket a sack or bag used chiefly for wool or hops.
A narrow sack, smaller than a bag, in which agricultural produce (such as sugar, potatoes, and oranges) is sold; a measure for trading.
1892 The Jrnl 20 Sept. 1 (advt)300 Pockets Sugar.
1944 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Cask of Jerepigo (1972) 229Close examination shows that the hessian in a sugar-pocket is of finer texture and better woven than that in a mealiebag.
1968 Farmer’s Weekly 3 Jan. 97Good-as-new Orange and Onion Pockets at very keen prices for large quantities.
1972 Daily Dispatch 23 Feb. 11Five sugar pockets of dagga were found in the boot of the car he was driving.
1978 Grocott’s Mail 14 Nov. 5A spokesman for the Department has asked residents to bring their..cats in orange pockets or net bags for safe handling.
1986 L.B. Hall in Style July 97We stop for refreshments at a thatched tearoom where pockets of oranges hang from the rafters.
1987 E. Prov. Herald 30 May 4 (advt)Rathmead Farms Shops...Pocket Patensie Potatoes 1st Grade...R8,99.
1988 R. McCrea in Rusa Reporter (Rhodes Univ.) 9In the 1987 Academic Year residential students and staff consumed the following:..16900 pockets of potatoes, [etc.].
1990 Weekend Post 27 Oct. 4Consumers are paying the same price for 10kg pockets of potatoes as they paid for the larger 15kg pockets four months ago.
A narrow sack, smaller than a bag, in which agricultural produce (such as sugar, potatoes, and oranges) is sold; a measure for trading.
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