hip pockets

Wallet's usual home

Hip pockets are the rear pockets on trousers, positioned over the hips.

The term often appears figuratively to suggest close control or easy access: a politician in someone's hip pocket is under their influence.

To have something in your hip pocket means to have it readily available or secured: She had the contract in her hip pocket before negotiations even started.

Related

jeans · garment · phones · convenience · handy · cargo pants · slacks · portable · compartment · hidden compartment · storage · practical · keys · reserves · backup · concealed · suit · billfold

Opposites
garment pocket location

hip pocketsside pockets

Openings along table edges

breast pockets · inside pockets · watch pocket · coin pocket · kangaroo pockets

Family

hip, pocket, hips, pockets, pocketed, pocketing, pocketful, pocketbook

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G