small holding
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of small holding
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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She said her son was in a small holding area filled with 40 men, most much older than her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Until then, the Russians sleep in a small holding room in the departure area that is housing eight other men.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2023
The mums-to-be are taken off the clifftop about a month before they are due to birth and taken to a nearby small holding.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2022
They were buzzed through the back door and into a small holding room, then buzzed in again, through an inner door—a system designed to insure that they hadn’t been followed.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2019
While Picasso was on his way downtown, Apollinaire sat in a small holding cell at the Palais de Justice.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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