stash
a secret store
TRANSLATION
stash = das Geheimversteck, der Geheimvorrat stash = etwas lagern oder verstecken --- GOOGLE INDEX stash: approximately 8,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Combination photo of artworks discovered in art stash in Munich
(Yahoo News Headline)
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Walking down Eighth Avenue a few weeks ago, I made sure my backpack was fully zipped shut. Inside was a modest STASH of pot*, bought just an hour or so earlier.
(New York Times)
*pot = cannabis, marijuana
(Yahoo News Headline)
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Walking down Eighth Avenue a few weeks ago, I made sure my backpack was fully zipped shut. Inside was a modest STASH of pot*, bought just an hour or so earlier.
(New York Times)
*pot = cannabis, marijuana
Did you
know?
stash
noun
- a secret store of something
verb
- to store (something) safely in a secret place
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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Stash stems from the verb "to stash," meaning to hide or conceal something. The origin is unknown but may be a blend of "stow" (to store away) and cache (French Canadian trappers' slang for a hiding place for supplies).
While the verb has been around since the late 18th century, the noun "stash" appeared at the turn of the 20th century. In the 1940s it took on the specific meaning of a personal supply of narcotics. This sense was popularized during the 60s and is still commonly used today.
Interestingly knitters (Stricker) affectionately refer to their perpetually growing supply of wool as stash... which reminds us of a joke:
A woman who was speeding on the highway. When a police officer pulled alongside the car, he glanced in and was astounded to see that she was knitting. Realizing she was not paying attention to his flashing light and siren, he rolled down his window and shouted, "Pull over!"
"No!" shouted the woman back, "It's a scarf!"
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SYNONYMS
cache, inventory, stockpile, trove, reserve, store, supply, treasure
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll find a stash of chocolate in the cupboard next to the coffee machine"
noun
- a secret store of something
verb
- to store (something) safely in a secret place
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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Stash stems from the verb "to stash," meaning to hide or conceal something. The origin is unknown but may be a blend of "stow" (to store away) and cache (French Canadian trappers' slang for a hiding place for supplies).
While the verb has been around since the late 18th century, the noun "stash" appeared at the turn of the 20th century. In the 1940s it took on the specific meaning of a personal supply of narcotics. This sense was popularized during the 60s and is still commonly used today.
Interestingly knitters (Stricker) affectionately refer to their perpetually growing supply of wool as stash... which reminds us of a joke:
A woman who was speeding on the highway. When a police officer pulled alongside the car, he glanced in and was astounded to see that she was knitting. Realizing she was not paying attention to his flashing light and siren, he rolled down his window and shouted, "Pull over!"
"No!" shouted the woman back, "It's a scarf!"
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SYNONYMS
cache, inventory, stockpile, trove, reserve, store, supply, treasure
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll find a stash of chocolate in the cupboard next to the coffee machine"
