pocket protector

pocket protector

A thin plastic sheath that fits into the breast pocket of one's shirt to hold pens and other small instruments and protect the pocket from stains or tears. I know I look pretty doofy with my pocket protector in my shirt, but I need so many different colored pens throughout the day that it really is an essential part of my outfit.
See also: pocket
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See also:
  • pocket-sized
  • sized
  • like a clown's pocket
  • pocket pool
  • play pocket pool
  • eight ball
  • snotrag
  • butt-dial
  • dial
  • out-of-pocket expenses
References in periodicals archive
Caption: An advertisement for the Chicago Pocket Protector shows how it was fired.
EARLY CONCEALED CARRY HANDGUNS: FROM PERCUSSION FIREARMS TO SEMI-AUTO FIREARMS
Make/Model Holster Holster Weight (oz.) Height (in.) Desantis Nemesis 1.6 5.0 Uncle Mike's Inside-the-Pocket 0.7 5.5 CrossBreed Pocket Rocket 2.9 5.1 Galco Pocket Protector 1.5 4.5 Blackhawk TecGrip Pocket 0.6 5.3 Make/Model Holster Width Price (with firearm, in.) Desantis Nemesis 1.5 $26 Uncle Mike's Inside-the-Pocket 1.5 $10 CrossBreed Pocket Rocket 1.1 $33 Galco Pocket Protector 1.5 $30 Blackhawk TecGrip Pocket 1.4 $19
POCKET PORTABILITY: FIVE COMPACT CARRY HOLSTER THAT KEEP YOUR FIREARM CLOSE AT HAND
The Pocket Protector is ambidextrous and constructed of center-cut steerhide.
The dawn of the subcompact nine: Kimber's Solo Nine: if you just can't bring yourself to count on a .380 when the chips are down, this tiny 9mm may be the perfect security blanket
The studios throw fistfuls of cash at him for his ideas and insights, yet he still acts and dresses like he is fresh out of braces and carrying a plastic pocket protector somewhere about his person.
Seeking the dark side of life; Tired of churning out routine Hollywood scripts, writer Mike White tells Alison Jones why he aims to challenge his audience
Computer tech types may wear a pocket protector as an all-purpose tool in a leather pouch on the belt.
THE STURGE'S TOP 10 DRESS CODES FOR ACCOUNTANTS
(Imagine the LeWitty instructions for this: First, catch spiders...) The pocket protector of our hypothetical Friedman-as-science-buff must save his shirt not from an inky ballpoint but from an X-acto knife.
X-ACTO SCIENCE
For the rifle hunter this means making sure that his plastic pocket protector is not stuffed too tight.
RIFLE VERSUS SHOTGUN
With his pocket protector shirts, grey-white hair, and functional glasses, Wigand embodies the invisible man who wants to protect both his private life of family and the public good.
The Insider offers taut drama
These weapons are placed in a pocket protector along with several actual pens and markers.
Weapons in disguise
The Galco Pocket Protector is one example, and just about every pocket holster made by DeSantis is designed to mask the shape of the pistol.
Pocket rockets: proper concealment strategies for the smallest handguns
THE OVERPLAYED STEREOTYPE always had something to do with a socially inept engineer sporting a short-sleeve white shirt and slim black tie, big horn-rimmed glasses, and a pocket protector overstuffed with BIC pens.
Move your own cheese
* MegaPodzilla, which since 2009 has been rampaging the geek landscape like the podcast equivalent to a 100 foot radioactive lizard with horn rimmed glasses and a pocket protector.
Fan Groups Invade Wizard World Philadelphia: Browncoats and Jedi Knights and Ghostbusters, Oh, My!
With Luna converting to a Moroccan restaurant, Science Pub needs a place to park its pocket protector.
BRIEFLY
The Snubby has a short blade but a man-sized handle and is the perfect pocket protector that won't get you into trouble but packs a tremendous punch if you need it.
CQC-14 Snubby