Synonyms for pouch

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pouch

Phonetic Transcription : paʊtʃ

Définition of pouch

Origin : early 14c., "bag for carrying things," especially (late 14c.) "small bag in which money is carried," from Anglo-French puche, Old North French pouche (13c.), Old French poche "purse, poke," all from a Germanic source (cf. Old English pocca "bag;" see poke (n.1)). Extended to cavities in animal bodies from c.1400.

noun soft container, often made of cloth or skin

Example sentences :

I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He took a long string from his pouch and fastened one end to an arrow.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Taking up the pouch, she handed it to him, and he clutched it with a strange eagerness.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

And he thrust his hand into his pouch for money to pay his score.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Then he thrust his hand into his pouch and drew thence four golden angels.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

I then searched his pouch and found all his ammunition gone.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence

He drew out a letter, not from among the other mail in his pouch, but from his pocket.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

The opossum is famous for carrying its young in a pouch in front of the body.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

I had a pouch of them in my jacket, and I cracked and ate them as I went.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

Chase was at the counter checking off the packages as I put them in the pouch.
Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton

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