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ˈchuck-hole U.S.
[chuck v.2 5; cf. chock-hole, chock n.1 7.]
A hole or rut in a road or track.
1836E. L. Willson Journey N.J. to Ohio (1929) 25 June, The abundance of traveling..wears the road into deep holes; these we call chuck-holes. 1869S. Bowles Our New West xiv. 276 The jolting of the rocks and the ‘chuck holes’ of the road..kept us in a somewhat perpetual..motion. 1887J. Kirkland Zury 2 ‘Chuck-holes’ is the expressive Western name for the short, sharp depressions which use makes in unworked country roads. 1930R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xix. 272 Poor going..due to rocky chuck-holes, and deep ruts. 1963Lebende Sprachen VIII. 169/1 Chuck-holes, pot-holes. |