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hold
verb- to be in possession of drugs US, 1935
- “This is a real stroke of luck. Maybe he is holding something.” — Chandler Brossard, Who Walks in Darkness, p. 217, 1952
- — American Speech, p. 24, February 1952: “Teen-age hophead jargon”
- This character’s holding, but he won’t turn loose of any. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 29, 1953
- And once, during those early visits down there, she was holding. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 147, 1958
- Which reminds me. Are you holding? — Morton Cooper, High School Confidential, p. 69, 1958
- Don’t jump the light, baby, mother’s holding, you know. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 15, 1961
- “We gotta take her to her pad before the fuzz busts her.” In an even more hysterical voice: “Shes holding-” — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 317, 1963
- “What are you holding?” “Oh, man,” Danny said in disgust, “we’re not junkies. We’re musicians, man.” — Nat Hentoff, Jazz Country, p. 129, 1965
- I’m afraid to go to my pad, ‘cause I think some of these cats in here know what I’m holding. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 37, 1967
- For christ’s sake, do me and every other ill-dressed journalist in the world a huge favor, and don’t get busted for holding. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America, p. 99, 20 June 1968: Letter to Bill Cardoso
- That wasn’t even my stuff, I was holding it for a friend, man. — Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, Framed, 1976
- HOLDING. User’s term, relative to possession of the drug. — Lenny Bruce, The Unpublished Lenny Bruce, p. 70, 1984
- For some reason, every dope fiend in the area could tell if you were holding. — Drugstore Cowboy, 1988
- I’m tellin ya ... Say, you holdin that dandy candy? — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 17, 1990
- We fucked around until we found somebody who was holding. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 196, 1990
- The kid groaned to his feet–definitely holding, Rocco decided–and limped to the car. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 34, 1992
- [W]earing our most freakish costumes, which was about as intelligent as carrying a sign on our backs that read “Search Me, I’m Holding”. — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, 2001
- to be in possession of money US
- I’ve got a thousand dollars on me. I’m afraid to go to my pad, ‘cause I think some of these cats in here know what I’m holding. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us Against, p. 37, 1967
- That means he came back, again and again. And since he wasn’t the type to be holding, he avoided paying his tabs. — Leonard Shecter and William Phillips, On the Pad, p. 134, 1973
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, 1981
▶ get hold of
to have sex with someone UK- — Susie Dent, The Language Report, p. 76, 2003
▶ hold court
to get in a shoot-out with police US- Are you out of your fuckin’ mind? We ain’t got no reason to hold court. — Donald Goines, El Dorado Red, pp. 36–37, 1974
▶ hold feet to the fire
to apply great pressure and demand results UK- John Major today pledged to use face-to-face talks with Sinn Fein to “hold feet to the fire” over the republican commitment to peace. — Press Association Newsfile, 4 May 1995
- When we ask readers what they like about InfoWorld, one of the most common answers is that we hold vendors’ feet to the fire. — InfoWorld, p. 69, 1 September 1997
▶ hold heavy
to have a lot of money US- “Hey”–Doc hurried to catch up–“now that you’re holding heavy, why don’t you spring for another jug?” — Malcolm Braly, It’s Cold Out There, p. 80, 1966
▶ hold no brief for
not to support or actively sympathise with someone UK, 1918- I hold no brief for the Taliban, but I also hold no brief for an approach to politics which consists of demonising your opponents[.] — The Guardian, 11 December 2001
▶ hold the bag
to take the blame US- Your son, unfortunately, is holding the bag. — Vincent Patrick, Family Business, p. 247, 1985
▶ hold the fort; mind the fort
to manage temporarily in an absentee’s stead UK, 1870- Do you want to stay here, mind the fort? — Ian Rankin, The Falls, p. 92, 2001
▶ hold the phone!
wait a minute! US- Now, hold the phone, counselor, you ain’t talkin’ to no Eighty Avenue pimp here. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 127, 1975
▶ hold your dick
to do nothing; to wait idly UK- Sat outside holding his dick, first there as usual. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 4, 2001
▶ hold your mud
to stand up to pressure and adversity US- “And the old man here–he’d never hold his mud if anyone came around leaning on him.” — Malcolm Braly, It’s Cold Out There, p. 95, 1966
- “It gets cold under those bridges.” “So you couldn’t hold your mud?” — Malcolm Braly, On the Yard, p. 31, 1967
- — Current Slang, p. 30, Fall 1968
- — Paul Glover, Words from the House of the Dead, 1974
- He’s in his forties, he’s a high roller, and for a long time he beat the hell out of us. You’ve got to respect the guy for that. And plus he held his mud. — James Mills, The Underground Empire, p. 539, 1986
- Just remember, homeboy. Do your own time, hold your own mud. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 151, 1990
▶ hold your mug
to keep a secret US- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 15, December 1970
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