单词 | puddle hole |
释义 | > as lemmaspuddle hole puddle hole n. a depression in the ground containing a puddle. ΚΠ 1610 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 252 A puddle hoale which he or his familie doth vse [as] a privye. 1732 T. Short Proposals for printing Hist. Mineral Waters ii. 211 One Robert Harwood..sunk a Draw-Well before his Door, in a Puddle-Hole where the Swine in very hot weather used to lie and wallow. 1833 Boston, Lincoln, etc. Herald 16 Apr. 4/2 Jane Hays..found drowned in a puddle-hole used for washing potatoes. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xiii. 112 The diggers came near to starvation; then typhoid in the puddle-holes nearly wiped them out. 2004 Wynnum Herald (Australia) (Nexis) 31 May The school had no playing fields and the unformed grounds were dotted with puddle holes. < as lemmas |
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