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Rathole

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
  2. 2
    a small dirty uncomfortable room wordnet
  3. 3
    A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.

    "Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra."

  4. 4
    a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats wordnet
  5. 5
    A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
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  1. 6
    An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
  2. 7
    A pigeonhole.
Verb
  1. 1
    To hoard. transitive
  2. 2
    To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings. transitive
  3. 3
    To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game. transitive
  4. 4
    To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack. intransitive
  5. 5
    (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rat + hole.

Etymology 2

From rat + hole.

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