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Stashed

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stash

[stash]
verb (used with object)
1.
to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
noun
2.
something put away or hidden: a stash of gold coins buried in the garden.
3.
a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache.
4.
Slang. a supply of hidden drugs.

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Stashed is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1775–85; blend of stow and cache
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Word Origin & History

stash
"to conceal, hide," 1797, criminals' slang, of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of stow and cache. The noun meaning "hoard, cache" is 1914, from the verb. Slang sense of "personal supply of narcotics" is from 1942.
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stash definition


  1. n.
    and stache. a mustache. : I cut my stash off because it was too much trouble to remember not to cut it off.
  2. tv.
    to hide something (somewhere). : Stash this under the chair until I can think of a place to put it.
  3. n.
    a concealed supply of drugs, especially marijuana; drugs and equipment to use them stored in a secret place. (Drugs.) : Albert's stash was never located by the fuzz.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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