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单词 chock-hole
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chock-hole
chock-hole n. (a) an obstruction or rut in a road or track; (now esp.) a pothole; cf. sense A. 2, chuck-hole n. (now chiefly U.S.); (b) = sense A. 1.
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1848 Blackburn Standard 18 Oct. The off wheel went against a small chock-hole in the street, by which means the cart was upset.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 116 Chock or Chock-hole, a game at marbles played by chocking or pitching marbles into a hole made for this purpose, instead of shooting at a ring.
a1864 J. Clare Midsummer Cushion (1990) 211 The time-killing lonly shepherd boys..Their chockholes form & chalk their marble ring.
1873 Arthur's Illustr. Home Mag. Mar. 187/2 Just then one forewheel of the buggy went down into a chock-hole at the lower end of the bridge, and threw them both forward with a jerk.
1922 Lumber 24 Feb. 18/1 The road along the Clackamas is very rough and full of chock holes.
1980 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 16 Apr. 4/5 My complaint about chock-holes in Ransom City Streets.
2005 T. Collins in T. Collins et al. Encycl. Trad. Brit. Rural Sports 182/1 ‘Chock’..is also known as ‘chock hole’, ‘dumps’ and ‘hoilakes’.
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