Meaning

noun a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

noun an adornment that hangs from a watch chain

noun short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

originFrom Low German Fobke (“pocket”) or High Prussian Fuppe (“pocket”), probably related to Swedish ficka (“pocket”), Old Danish fikke, Alemannic German figge, Middle Dutch vicke, all from Proto-Germanic *fikkja, of uncertain ultimate origin: * possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to assail, strike”), related to *fukkōną (“to strike”); * or of Romance origin, from Latin figere (“to fix,…

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