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peep-hole|ˈpiːphəʊl|
A small hole through which one can peep. Also transf. and attrib.
1681Otway Soldiers Fort. i. i, And then for a peep-Hole, odds fish I have a peep-Hole for thee. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Pope 14 Sept., The Comedy..began with Jupiter's falling in love out of a peep-hole in the clouds. 1857J. H. Newman in J. Jennings Life (1888) 119 We see each other as through the peep-holes of a show. 1890F. W. Robinson Very strange Family 3 Mr. Barnett had..put up the shutters, and had glass peep-holes made in every one of them. 1952E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture xi. 209 Every sentry looked in frequently through the peep-hole in the door. 1962Gloss. Terms Glass Industry (B.S.I.) 17 Peephole, a small opening in a furnace wall through which observations are made. 1963New Yorker 15 June 98/3 (Advt.), These fully washable shorties..sport dainty floral sprays of peephole petals. 1978H. Jobson To die a Little ix. 148 Every now and again someone lifted the flap of the round peephole in the [cell] door. |