a pocket of resistance meaning

• [American slang]
  Fig. a small group of people who resist change or domination.
    The accounting department seems to be a pocket of resistance when it comes to automating.

• pocket:    Noun: pocket  ...
• on resistance:    [Electronics]See O ...
• resistance:    Noun: resistance&n ...

Examples

1. Stonne was totally occupied only on 25 May, as pockets of resistance continued to hold out.
2. It appeared that a pocket of resistance had been overlooked in a building thought to have been cleared.
3. The 148th PAVN Regiment hung on and formed a pocket of resistance near Phousai, one of several.
4. 6th Guards Tank Brigade, clear a pocket of resistance south of Lubeck, Germany, 2 May 1945 . ]]
5. When captive in the Oflag, he had organized a pocket of resistance, which earned him a transfer to the discipline Oflag of L�beck