pocket-size
adjective
pock·et-size
ˈpä-kət-ˌsīz 
variants
or less commonly pocket-sized
1
: of a size convenient for carrying in the pocket
2
: small
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Examples of pocket-size in a Sentence
a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees
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The 160-page, pocket-size book — which in customary Michelin style includes a detachable city map — signals the growing stature of Detroit in the tourism industry.
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
The pocket-size restaurant, with only a few seats, is run by husband-and-wife team Yuichiro and Mika Shimatani, who previously worked at the three-star AM by Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille—Yuichiro as a sous-chef and Mika as a pastry chef.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s precisely why this new variety of cinema has come to the fore—not to concede movies to the pocket-size travelling show but to reclaim them from it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
The pocket-size restaurant, with only a few seats, is run by husband-and-wife team Yuichiro and Mika Shimatani, who previously worked at the three-star AM by Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille—Yuichiro as a sous-chef and Mika as a pastry chef.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
That’s precisely why this new variety of cinema has come to the fore—not to concede movies to the pocket-size travelling show but to reclaim them from it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocket-size. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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