In Welsh, cadw, the verb corresponding to the English verb keep can be used to mean put away or store (something) in its appropriate place.
Welsh-speakers will sometimes be teased for transferring this usage into their English, for example:
keep the dishes will you? I've kept the laundry and now I'm ready to leave.
However, a close first-language English friend of mine from the Midlands swears that she uses keep in the same way, and that usage is considered normal in her area.
I've not found any evidence of this in the OED (despite scrolling through all the different meanings assigned to keep), or in any other dictionary. As keep is such a common word, it's hard to find anything relevant on Google.
There is, however, some independent corroboration in this post: Can keep be used as a replacement for store?
(I suspect they may have been asking the same thing, but without the Welsh dimension to the question).
I'm wondering if any non-Welsh English speakers are familiar with this usage? Is it found in certain dialects, or could it be a new pattern that's emerging in the language?
Thanks in advance.