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Word: pocketer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...foreshore to where, half buried in mud, lay a magnetic mine-first specimen obtained by the Royal Navy's explosion experts. Unbolting the case, ignoring ominous hisses and tickings, Lieut. Commander, Roger Lewis at last thrust his arm inside the mine, unscrewed the detonator, slipped it in his pocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Recognition | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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