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
They have a fabulous small holding of goats, sheep and chickens and I think we are their best customers.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2020
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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