"A Holding"

[David Morris]

I'm not familiar with that Mailer piece,  but I'm sure you know that a
"keep" is the fortified tower within a castle.  It is a place of last
refuge.

David Morris

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 9:45 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Since you're acquainted with these words, can you tell me the origin of
> "the keep"? Norman Mailer wrote a book with that title, and I'm guessing
> that it means some kind of secondary property, not where one actually lives
> but rather some hideaway in some forest or something.
>
> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 11:48 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A British term.
>>
>> It goes back a long British ways to  meaning owning earth.
>>
>> These days it means having a garden.
>>
>> At least I think so.
>>
>> David Morris
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