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a. An authorization granted by a bench of magistrates for the transfer of a publican's licence to another person for the unexpired term till the next annual licensing session.
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b. U.S. A cell for the retention of prisoners awaiting trial.
c. One who continues to hold an office after his term has expired.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > continuing after term expired
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > authorization transferring publican's licence
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1888 Wine, Spirit & Beer 8 Mar. 174/1 The license became void, and being advised not to ask for a hold-over, the Company now applied to Special Sessions.
1888 Missouri Republican 24 Feb. (Farmer) Wilson was released from the hold over, where he has been held since Irwin's death.
1893 Good Governm. (N.Y.) 15 Aug. The obnoxious Republican hold-over still holds over.
d. Something left over; a remainder or survival. U.S.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains > a survival
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1904 Los Angeles Express 11 Aug. 12 Doing the best it could on crackers and cheese and holdovers.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny iv. 58 She was a hold-over from the Greek classics.
1929 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 298 The little village of Washington in Connecticut, one of the most charming holdovers of the past that state possesses.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iii. 53 Like several other articles, it seemed to be a holdover from the previous tenant.
1969 Times 6 Mar. 23/1 Both the present assistant secretaries for international affairs in the Treasury..are Johnson hold-overs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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