dusthole
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dusthole (plural dustholes)
- (now rare) A hole or other receptacle for rubbish; a dustbin.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 231:
- The kitchen was paved with off bits of stone, close to the dust-hole, which was infested with rats […] .