I was always taught it was called a ‘fob pocket’, as in a pocket for your fob watch (the old name for a pocket watch) but I only knew that because my grandfather collected fob watches. I was also taught that the little pocket near the hip of the inside of a coat is called a fob pocket for the same reason.
And for the actually curious; it was originally to hold pocket watches
I always thought it was for lighters
I thought it was for change
I thought it was for drugs
Turns out, it’s for whatever you put in there
This is the answer… But don’t tell the prudes, please.
its actually for your lil baggie of cocaine.
I was always taught it was called a ‘fob pocket’, as in a pocket for your fob watch (the old name for a pocket watch) but I only knew that because my grandfather collected fob watches. I was also taught that the little pocket near the hip of the inside of a coat is called a fob pocket for the same reason.
it makes for a great card holder for metros or any situation where you need to have a card in a quickly accessable place
“A what watch?”
I was a pocket watch user in the time before we all carried phones all the time and I cursed all pants without a fob pocket in those days.