stash

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As soon as his stash is running low, he pays a visit to his dealer -- a mild-mannered pothead named Saul (James Franco).

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  1. transitive verb To hide or store away in a secret place.
  2. noun A secret place where something is hidden or stored.
  3. noun Something, such as money or an illegal drug, that has been hidden or stored.

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  • As I was in the midst of making a few holiday trees from some hand-dyed wool in my stash, a little box from ReproDepot made its way to my mailbox.
  • The first thing I pulled out of my stash was a piece of black faux-leather.
  • Where did he keep his stash, his bedroll and clothing, the small gym bag Dean Gardner had fetched from the CDSP rooms and which had been returned (with its contents of blue jeans, flannel shirt, bar of soap, threadbare towel, and three books) when Erasmus had been turned loose after making what could only loosely be called his statement? —  To Play the Fool
  • “If you tell Field Marshal von Voss about my stash, the deal's off.” She blew twin jets of smoke out her nostrils. —  EQMM,September-October2007
  • Protect his stash is more like it, Audrey responded to that bit of news. —  AHMM, October 2006
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