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单词 to kep a catch
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to kep a catch (also slap, strait, †stress)
P2. to kep a catch (also slap, strait, †stress): to be useful in an emergency; to tide someone over during a period of difficulty or need. Now rare.
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1822 R. Wilson Poems 81 The taties kep an unco' slap When meal is dear.
1838 A. Rodger Poems & Songs 84 Lay weekly by what money Ye're used to waste, To kep a strait that may come on ye When looked for least.
1882 J. Hyslop Dream of Masque & Other Poems 133 There's something, Eppy, tae kep a slap, An' I wish it were ten times mair.
1922 Glasgow Herald 15 Apr. 4/5 ‘Lay it by, it'll “kep” a stress’ signified that the article might one day be useful in an emergency.
1951 in Sc. National Dict. at Kep v. [Roxburghshire] Dinna throw that oot—it'll dae tae kep a catch maybe.
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