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a pocket too proud to be sewn into pants, carrying everything from kangaroos to medieval coins.
means A small bag or flexible container used to hold or carry things, often closed by drawing it shut or folding it over.
from From Old French 'pouche' or 'poche,' a regional variant meaning bag or pocket — the same source that gave English 'poke' (as in 'a pig in a poke') and ultimately 'pocket,' its smaller diminutive cousin. The Old French itself is thought to come from a Germanic root for a swelling or bag, so the word has long described something that bulges with whatever you've stuffed inside.
- marsupial origin
- the name comes from a baby kangaroo's living pocket
- premature delivery
- joeys finish growing inside the pouch, not the womb
- self-cleaning
- mother kangaroos lick their pouches spotless
- medieval wallet
- belt pouches predate pockets by centuries
- male seahorse
- dads carry and birth babies from a pouch
kangaroo marsupium — female kangaroos carry joeys in a front pouch for up to 10 months
pelican throat pouch — pelicans store up to 3 gallons of water and fish in their expandable throat pouch
tobacco pouch — traditional leather pouches used by pipe smokers to store loose tobacco, common since 18th century