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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Hold-fast

Brag’s a good dog, but hold-fast is a better.

For oaths are straws, men’s faith are wafer cakes,
And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck.Shakespeare.

Hold-fast is the first point in hawking.