pocket of time

pocket of time

An unspecified period of uninterrupted free time. We'll have a pretty good pocket of time between our flights, so let's sit down to eat a proper meal. I've got a pocket of time this Saturday if you want to meet up then for a coffee.
See also: of, pocket, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pocket of time

n. a period of available time, as might be found between appointments. I had a pocket of time between stops that I used to get myself one of those incredibly expensive cups of coffee.
See also: of, pocket, time
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a week from next Tuesday
  • be in time (with someone or something)
  • any time means no time
  • against time
  • against the clock
  • any time
  • (it's) time to run
  • anytime
  • before last
  • (it's) time to push along
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Kate Blackmore, The Dark Pocket of Time: War, Medicine and the Australian State, 1914-1935, Lythrum Press, Adelaide, 2008.
In The Dark Pocket of Time: War, Medicine and the Australian State, 1914-1935, Kate Blackmore takes a radically different approach, arguing that the size of Australian expenditure on war pensions conceals the way in which doctors and medicine became instrumental to restricting the cost of repatriation.
The Dark Pocket of Time draws on extensive research of official correspondence, administrative forms and documents, as well as diaries of doctors in London and France.
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