doghole

English

Etymology

dog +‎ hole

Noun

doghole (plural dogholes)

  1. A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for doghole in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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