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  • Using the .17 for plinking can get in your hip-pocket national bank pretty quickly.

    What is the best 22 to buy? 2009

  • Each pan he carried down to the water to wash, and as he went higher up the hill the pans grew richer, until he began to save the gold in an empty baking-powder can which he carried carelessly in his hip-pocket.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • From a gold-sack drawn from the hip-pocket of his dungarees,

    THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

  • Each pan he carried down to the water to wash, and as he went higher up the hill the pans grew richer, until he began to save the gold in an empty baking-powder can which he carried carelessly in his hip-pocket.

    All Gold Canon 2010

  • From inside his shirt the steward drew a brace, and to it fitted a half-inch bit from his hip-pocket.

    CHAPTER XIII 2010

  • Using the .17 for plinking can get in your hip-pocket national bank pretty quickly.

    What is the best 22 to buy? 2009

  • Arrived at the pool, he threw down the dip-net and sack, and drew from his hip-pocket what looked like a large, fat candle.

    MOON-FACE 2010

  • We also had an arrangement with Philco doing “hip-pocket records,” miniature 45s about as big as a modern-day CD, which needed a special player, also made by Philco.

    Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

  • Let me make it clear – hip-pocket business goes on way beyond Jimmy and his French Cheese.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

  • Let me make it clear – hip-pocket business goes on way beyond Jimmy and his French Cheese.

    From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor Jerry Della Femina 2010

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