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HOLE-IN-THE-WALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hole-in-the-wall mean?
• HOLE-IN-THE-WALL (noun)
The noun HOLE-IN-THE-WALL has 1 sense:
1. a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
Familiarity information: HOLE-IN-THE-WALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
his office was a hole-in-the-wall
Hypernyms ("hole-in-the-wall" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
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