Once we got hold of him you could cradle him like a baby,

I just started playing Hold 'Em,

We thought they were going to give him to a zoo or something,

Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold / A sheep-hook.

I rocked the cradle of love.

They might hold a particular appeal to baby boomers who want a high-touch relationship, where they can talk to the person in charge.