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Earthhole

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.

    "And because she lived — like hundreds of other families — in an earthhole — since all the houses were destroyed — she had nothing to give me."

Etymology

From Middle English eorthehole; equivalent to earth + hole. Akin to Scots ert hyle (“earthhole, pit”).

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