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Rathole
Meaning
Noun
●
An
entrance
to a
living
area or
passageway
used by
mice
or rats.
●
A
living
area used by
mice
or
rats
, or a
similar
living
area used by other animals.
●
A
particularly
squalid
human
residence
or other place.
●
An area of a
silo
that has
undergone
ratholing
, so that
material
moves
mostly through the
centre
and
accumulates
around the edges.
●
In Printing:
A pigeonhole.
Verb
●
To hoard.
●
To take a
conversation
off topic
, especially in
technical
meetings.
●
To
surreptitiously
or
prematurely
remove
chips
during a
poker
game.
●
(of
material
) To
empty
only in the
center
of a
hopper
or
silo
,
persisting
circumferentially.
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Origin
rathole
English
hole
English
rat
English
rat
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Amound
Intreasure
Amass
Related
Hellhole
Shithole
Hovel
Cesspool
Slum
Hell Hole
Rabbit Hole
Dung Heap
Blind Alley
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