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ˈhold-all
[f. hold v. + all.]
1. A portable case for holding clothes and miscellaneous articles required by soldiers, marines, travellers, etc.
1851Ord. & Regul. R. Engineers xxiv. 119 The Knapsack is to contain the Great Coat, one Shirt, one pair of Stockings, Cloth and Shoe Brushes, Blacking, and Hold-all complete. 1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 164, 1 leather cartouch, 1 holdall. 1883C. J. Wills Land of Lion & Sun 55 An india-rubber soldier's hold-all. 1895Athenæum 17 Aug. 220/1 To spend a fortnight attired in riding habits,..with holdalls hanging like wallets over the saddles.
2. fig., esp. with reference to books of the omnibus or encyclopædic kind.
1903Daily Chron. 9 Nov. 3/3 There is a little of everything in the hold-all. 1904M. Davies (title) The housewife's what's what: a hold-all of useful information for the house. 1964[see ceteris paribus]. |