dusthole

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dust +‎ hole.

Noun[edit]

dusthole (plural dustholes)

  1. (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 […] .
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