Hole-in-the-wall

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A restaurant, shop or other establishment catering to customers that is particularly inconspicuous and easily overlooked. Canada, US

    "They walked by a tea museum, two local pharmacies, a bakery, and one hole-in-the-wall shop still selling knickknacks from Chinese New Year, before coming to a stop outside the unassuming front door of 189."

  2. 2
    a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of automated teller machine. British, colloquial

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automated teller machinechipper

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"They walked by a tea museum, two local pharmacies, a bakery, and one hole-in-the-wall shop still selling knickknacks from Chinese New Year, before coming to a stop outside the unassuming front door of 189."

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