stashes

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.
Origin:
1775–85; blend of stow and cache

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stash (stæʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (often foll by away)
1.  informal to put or store (money, valuables, etc) in a secret place, as for safekeeping
 
—n
2.  informal a secret store or the place where this is hidden
3.  slang drugs kept for personal consumption
 
[C20: origin unknown]

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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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Slang Dictionary

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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