Meaning

noun a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things

noun an enclosed space

noun (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old…

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