115 collocations for pockets

The worthy Milesian pocketed the money and declared his intention of proceeding to Boston, which was only about forty miles away, and taking the railroad for New York "If I don't, ye see, yer honor, I'll never get back in time for the Sunday; and the horses will be restin' in the cars." As the man made his preparations and departed, Mr. P. stood and watched him until he slowly faded out of sight.

AGAIN SLINEY PROCEEDS TO POCKET THE COINS.

And so, I left herlocking the door, and pocketing the key.

" He pocketed the ten francs, and remained there for another moment swaying about, and saying that he had not come for money, and that he could very well understand things.

All upseventh inning!" smiled Mr. Scherer; and the directors, pocketing their gold pieces, arose.

And the boss he won’t be rusty when his sheep they all are shorn, And the wringer’s wrist won’t ache much with the pain Of pocketing his cheque for fifty pounds or more, And the second man will press him hard again.

The bondholders would have been reminded of the sound doctrine, caveat emptor, which signifies that those who make a bad bargain have only themselves to blame, and must pocket their loss with the best grace that they can muster.

However, I pocketed the notes cheerfully enough; indeed the mere touch of them in my hand gave me a pleasant feeling of confidence.

To pocket a thousand pounds a year of my mother's moneyand make me slave for you in your wretched café!

I pocketed the twenty dollars, of course.

As the priest was pocketing the letter the Boy dashed in, put on the Arctic cap he set such store by, and a fur coat and mittens.

It's a bad thing to be cross-grained," he continued, pocketing his pipe and assisting to arrange the sledge; "me owld grandmother always towld me that, and she wos wise, she wos, beyand ordn'r.

"I burnt her with a hot iron on the left side of her face,""I tried to make the letter M," and this he says in a newspaper, and puts his name to it, and the editor of the paper who is, also, its proprietor, publishes it for him and pockets his fee.

"Bonsor jest pockets the pore dead man's cash," says McGinty, with righteous indignation, "and I've called this yer meetin' t' arbitrate the matter.

I have heard her say, that it was a surprise, not much short of mortification to her, to see the coolness with which the old man pocketed the difference, which had caused her such mortal throes.

His examination being thus accomplished, he handed the patient a paper of the innocuous powder, pocketed sixteen shillings, and dismissed him.

A soldier of fortune, my creed is soon told, I'd fight for the Devil, to pocket his gold: Hurrah for the gold!

I easily won the race, and pocketed a snug little sum of money.

The slave-owners might be said to have pocketed the seven millions without having the least claim to them, and therefore, in considering the proposition he was about to make, parliament should bear in mind that the slave proprietors were, if anything, the debtors to the nation.

Perceiving that the Tuscarora was now acting as a warrior and a chief, which Nick would do, and do well, on occasion, the captain pocketed the offering, and regulated his own course accordingly.

"February 6th, 1907, was a very foggy night, nevertheless Mr. Aaron Cohen, of 30, Park Square West, at two o'clock in the morning, having finally pocketed the heavy winnings which he had just swept off the green table of the Harewood Club, started to walk home alone.

Then he pocketed his share of the spoil, and executed a shuffle with his feet as if to restore the circulation.

" Tiffles pocketed the funds, placed his hand over his heart, and replied that it should be.

" Each boy pocketed his fragment of wood in silence.

There was only one message awaiting me, and when Adolphus had delivered it (amidst mephitic fumes that rose from the basement, premonitory of fried plaice), I pocketed my stethoscope and betook myself to Gunpowder Alley, the aristocratic abode of my patient, joyfully threading the now familiar passages of Gough Square and Wine Office Court, and meditating pleasantly on the curious literary flavour that pervades these little-known regions.

115 collocations for  pockets