pochette
Example Sentences
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The first formal ballet classes, she said, were taught by a dance master under Louis XIV, playing a tiny pochette violin tuned up a fourth.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
The “It” accessory of the year is smaller than a pochette, holds next to nothing and requires regular recharging.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2018
Appearances do matter: Dr. Imber’s impeccable suit is blue, worn with a yellow tie and white pochette.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2010
What he did, however, was to drop the real egg into the handkerchief, because, as he afterwards said, the china egg stuck in his pochette, and he could not get it out.
From Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 by Various
The trick ball is placed in the left pochette, whence it is obtained and used according to the instructions given in the "Color-changing Balls."
From Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Stanton, Ellis
