pocket piece

noun

(in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.

First recorded in 1700–10

Access to the weights for the purpose of fitting new cords is obtained by removing the pocket piece.

Here's a silver dollar I've been keeping for a pocket piece.

Mary has that shilling this blessed minute, put away in her purse for a pocket piece, and she carries it everywhere she goes.

Her precious talisman from the bride's cake, that she had carried as a pocket piece ever since Eugenia's wedding.

It was a Mexican dollar, dated the year of his birth, and he had for years carried it as a pocket-piece.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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