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pocket piece en · NOUN
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Something carried in the pocket for good luck, especially a coin.
Item, from Sir Lucius O'Trigger—three crovvns—tvvo gold pocket-pieces—and a ſilver ſnuff-box!
1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 16:
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(slang) A compact summary of national television ratings produced by Nielsen Media Research.
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