BREAST POCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breast pocket mean? 

• BREAST POCKET (noun)
  The noun BREAST POCKET has 1 sense:

1. a pocket inside of a man's coat

  Familiarity information: BREAST POCKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAST POCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pocket inside of a man's coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("breast pocket" is a kind of...):

pocket (a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles)

Holonyms ("breast pocket" is a part of...):

coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)

 Context examples 

Holmes put his finger on his lips, replaced his hand in his breast pocket, and burst out laughing as we turned down the street.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Why, from your old nurse,” he returned, taking some papers out of his breast pocket.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Walt scowled unconsciously; then his face brightened, and he clapped his hand to his breast pocket.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“No, sir; not money, I think,” replied I. “In fact, sir, I believe I have the thing in my breast pocket; and to tell you the truth, I should like to get it put in safety.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He pulled out his watch, and after some fumbling got it back into the breast pocket of his thick woollen jacket.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He was mighty learned about the case, to me; but the upshot of his opinion was, that the carrier was making his last journey rather fast.—Put your hand into the breast pocket of my great-coat on the chair yonder, and I think you'll find the letter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But, half-way there, I met the London coach with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber up behind; Mr. Micawber, the very picture of tranquil enjoyment, smiling at Mrs. Micawber's conversation, eating walnuts out of a paper bag, with a bottle sticking out of his breast pocket.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)