Word: pockets
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...bold attempt was made yesterday by a woman in New York to rob a Cincinnati gentleman of $7,700. His promptly noticing the absence of his pocket-book in its usual place led to her immediate arrest...
...paper money more valuable than coin? Because when you put it in your pocket you double it, and when you take it out you find it increases.-[Courant...
...shekel that is of the value of one dollar, and wanteth to sell it to his companions for skekels of the value of three dollars. When the prophet saith, "put money in thy purse," he meaneth not that thou shouldst strive to found a national bank in thy vest pocket. Selah...
...conductor of the night car between Cambridge and Boston will be richer one year from now than he is today. The reason is this : About one week ago a passenger lost a pocket-book containing five hundred dollars, and inside the pocket-book was a card bearing the owner's name. The conductor found it and restored it to the owner. The owner did not reward him with the name of his address, but went with him the next morning and deposited the five hundred dollars in a Boston Savings Bank, subject to the conductor's order, one year from...
...freshman was noticed, on Hallow E'en, with a brick in each coat-pocket. When asked if they were to be used as implements of warfare, he said that they were mighty good things to throw away when he wanted to run fast...