1660s, "one who poaches game, one who intrudes on the preserves of another for the purpose of killing game unlawfully," agent noun from poach (v.1). Attested from 1846 as "vessel for poaching eggs," from poach (v.2).
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poach
poached
poacher
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pocket
pocketbook
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