A pocket-book. CANT.
·noun One who reads. II. Reader ·noun A proof reader. III. Reader ·noun One who reads much; one wh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses. ...
·add. ·- A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church. ...
Pickpockets, chiefly young Jews, who ply about the Bank to steal the pocket-books of persons who hav...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose