The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (261 page)
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What you HAVE, hold
c1450
Towneley Play of Killing of Abel
(EETS) l. 142
It is better hold that I haue then go from doore to doore and craue.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I. x. D1
Hold fast whan ye haue it (quoth she) by my lyfe.
1876
Manchester Man
I. x.
Then .. rang, clear and distinct, Humphrey Chetham's motto—‘Quod tuum, tene!’ (What you have, hold!)
1979
Times
23 Nov. 5
There had been a simple ‘what we have we hold’ approach by the established parties.
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