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Knothole
noun
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Noun
- 1 In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
"Looking in the same direction, I saw that the knothole in the wall had indeed become a human eye -- a full, black eye, that glared into my own with an entire lack of expression more awful than the most devilish glitter."
- 2 a hole in a board where a knot came out wordnet
- 3 Youth league baseball. Cincinnati, attributive
"But he was worried that a coach of a knothole team might not like the idea and not let me switch-hit. So, my dad went to the coach."
Etymology
From knot + hole.
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