back pocket

noun

A pocket found on the back of a pair of trousers.

Meanings

nounback pocket (plural back pockets)

plural back pockets · alternative backpocket · alternative back-pocket

  1. A pocket found on the back of a pair of trousers.
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    To appear in the know, regale your new Italian chums with tales of how he covered the Italy squad in his Panini stickers album with nothing but his own face, or the classic story of the time he was stopped by police with £5,000 in cash in his backpocket and explained it with the line "Because I am rich".

    2014 June 20, Pete Cashmore, “How to become an instant Italy fan”, in The Guardian

Origin

Translations

Hungarian farzseb
  • farzsebpocket found on the back of trousers
Spanish bolsillo trasero
  • bolsillo traseropocket found on the back of trousers
Swedish bakficka
  • bakfickapocket found on the back of trousers
Cite this entry
APA

back pocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20pocket

MLA

“back pocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20pocket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back pocket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20pocket.

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