stand in
v. phr.— «Stand in. Have favor with. “He’s always trying to stand in with the gals.” General.» —by Harry Harrison Kroll in George Peabody College for Teachers A Comparative Study of Upper and Lower Southern Folk Speech (Martin, Tennesee) Aug., 1925. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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