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Pocket-size

adjective

Limited in size or scope. Synonyms: minor, modest, pocket-sized, small, small-scale. "A newspaper with a modest circulation" , "Small-scale plans" , "A pocket-size country"

Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket. Synonyms: pocket-sized, pocketable.

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"Pocket-size" Quotes from Famous Books

... limpets, four ribbed cowries, and a thing like a green pea. Of course she knew no names, but a kind of interest was awakened by the beauty and variety before her. A pile of papers had been provided, and the housewife [a pocket-size container for small articles (as thread)—D.L.] which Betty made her always carry in her pocket furnished wherewithal to make up a number of bags for the lesser sorts; and she went to work, her troubles somewhat beguiled by the novel beauties ...

— Love and Life • Charlotte M. Yonge

Words linked to "Pocket-size" : limited, little