Etymology Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache.
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A collection, sometimes hidden.
Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard
They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.
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If you want *real* booze, not the wash they serve here, come to my secret stash spot.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Best Booze in the Universe Has Moved!, Kadara Port:
The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police.
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UK, Slang Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo.
Near-synonyms: merch, swag
We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some.
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Business, Manufacturing, Textiles A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.
My stash is mostly unfinished objects on the needles. I have one bag of yarn that I bought to make a coat.2021, Julie Cicora, Contemplative Knitting, page 131:
Etymology Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache.
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To hide or store away for later use.
He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.
“Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 27:
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All of the Do The Right Thing characters who are caught up in the quagmire of racial politics are male, while the women in the movie […] are all safely stashed away in their domestic spaces.1989 August 12, Phil Harper, “Why It's So Hard To Talk About This Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 10: