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'A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century'

By JANE VANDENBURGH
Reviewed by ALISON BECHDEL

Jane Vandenburgh’s memoir of her father’s suicide, her mother’s madness, and her own struggles with love and survival.

Russia's Rich Still Splashing Out Despite Financial Crisis

The financial crisis is hitting Russian oligarchs hard too, but there's no
sign of them tightening their belts. Russia's rich are still digging deep
into their pockets, especially when it comes to having fun.

Dictionary: pock·et (pŏk'ĭt)

n.

1. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
2. A small sack or bag.
3. A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
4. Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket.
5. 1. A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
   2. A small body or accumulation of ore.
6. A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
7. Games. One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
8. Baseball. The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
9. Sports. A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side.
10. 1. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters.
    2. Football. The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball.
11. An air pocket.
12. A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.

adj.

1. Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.
2. Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.

tr.v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets.

1. To place in or as if in a pocket.
2. To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.
3. 1. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
   2. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.
4. To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
5. Sports. To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
6. Games. To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.

idioms:

in (one's) pocket

1. In one's power, influence, or possession: The defendant had the jury in his pocket.

in pocket

1. Having funds.
2. Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount: was a hundred dollars in pocket after a day at the races.

[Middle English, pouch, small bag, from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of Old North French poke, bag, of Germanic origin.]

pocketable pock'et·a·ble adj.
pocketless pock'et·less adj.

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dig (deep) into your pocket(s)/resources/savings
to give away money:
Richer countries must dig deeper into their pockets if global problems, such as pollution, are to be solved.