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Definition of pocket edition - 3 dictionary results

pocket edition

–noun
1. pocketbook (def. 3).
2. Informal. a small or smaller form of something; miniature version.

Origin:
1705–15
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pock·et·book   (pŏk'ĭt-bŏŏk')   
n.  
  1. A purse; a handbag.

  2. A pocket-sized folder or case used to hold money and papers; a billfold.

  3. Financial resources; money supply: prices to fit your pocketbook.

  4. often pocket book A pocket-sized, usually paperbound book. Also called pocket edition.

pocket edition  
n.  See pocketbook.
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