trouser pockets

Leg-side storage compartments

Trouser pockets are the pouches sewn into pants for carrying small items—keys, coins, a phone.

The phrase often appears in contexts about money: He paid out of his own trouser pockets.

Hands in trouser pockets suggests casual posture or nervous idleness.

Related

lining · clothing · wallet · handkerchief · penknife · phone · receipts · slacks · cargo pants · lint · coins · tailoring · button · integrated · seam · apparel · ticket stub · stitching

Opposites
carrying method

trouser pocketshandbag

Portable container for belongings

purse · backpack · briefcase · tote bag · clutch

garment location

trouser pocketsbreast pocket

Shirt's upper storage patch

chest pocket · lanyard · tool belt · badge holder · phone holder

Family

trouser, trousers, trousered, pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing, pocketful

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G