plughole

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Etymology[edit]

From plug +‎ hole.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

plughole (plural plugholes)

  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 28, in Small Island‎[1], London: Review, page 295:
      The plughole started to slurp loudly as the water went down it.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 199:
      He jabbed his fingers into his hair and worked the dirt from the follicles, watched it swirl away down the plughole, sandy granules, flakes of dust and ash.

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