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DEEP POCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deep pocket mean?
• DEEP POCKET (noun)
The noun DEEP POCKET has 1 sense:
1. a source of substantial wealth (usually plural)
Familiarity information: DEEP POCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A source of substantial wealth (usually plural)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
a patron of the arts should have deep pockets
Hypernyms ("deep pocket" is a kind of...):
assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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