Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. hidden .

1929		A.J. Barr Let Tomorrow Come 259: You know it’s there, but you may be smart enough to keep it stashed until the worms get you.
1938		D. Runyon ‘The Three Wise Guys’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 404: The Dutchman recovers and gets to thinking of going after the stashed gripsack.
1954		J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 130: You didn’t have the loot stashed.
1955		‘Blackie’ Audett Rap Sheet 144: One of the boys had a shiv stashed and he got it to me.
1966		H.S. Thompson Hell’s Angels (1967) 188: Those with nothing stashed were going to be thirsty.
1974		G.F. Newman You Flash Bastard 71: The difference nicking this one would make to the Rate was meaningless, unless he had a ton of grass stashed around the place.
1975		E. Torres Carlito’s Way 55: You gotta gimme them five dollars you got stashed.
1983		S. Gee Never in My Lifetime in Best Radio Plays (1984) 71: charlie: Here, have a swig. / tom: Christ, where’d you get that? / charlie: Stashed away in my underpants.
1983		A-Team Storybook 33: You’re both here to try and spring that nosey reporter I’ve got stashed away – right?
1991		B. Hamper Rivethead (1992) 54: Just like Mr. Green Jeans with the booze stashed somewhere in his floppy overalls.
2001		G. Pelecanos Right As Rain 187: The bodies I got stashed on my property.
2007		Guardian 25 Aug. 🌐 I suppose we’re always worried about grasses. Like if I told someone ‘I’ve got a piece stashed round in my back garden’ and he goes and tells someone from another firm.
2015		Chicago Trib. 22 Oct. 22/2: Acoording to a new whistle-blow report [...] Abb Vie has $23 billion stashed away.

2. of a gun, holstered.

1936

N. Page ‘Secret Guns’ in Thrilling Western May 🌐 I wouldn’t risk gettin’ shot with my gun stashed.

3. (US black) standing; remaining.

1941		Cab Calloway ‘Are You All Reet’ 🎵 Stashed like a top, / Don’t miss a stop, / I dig my kicks from the groovy lot!
1944		Cab Calloway New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 260: to be stashed (v.): to stand or remain.
1944		‘Jiver’s Bible’ in D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive.
1949		L. Hughes Tambourines to Glory I vi: Where the cool cats strum / Stashed in a cozy nook.
1955		Babs Gonzales ‘The Be-Bop Santa Claus’ 🎵 Stashed in front was a cat cool as any.