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.
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Knothole
Synonyms for "knothole" (28 found)
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Translations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- oksanreikä noun (void left by a knot in the wood)
German
1 entries- Astloch noun (void left by a knot in the wood)
Irish
1 entries- poll cranra noun (void left by a knot in the wood)
Swedish
1 entries- kvisthål noun (void left by a knot in the wood)
Welsh
1 entries- twll cainc noun (void left by a knot in the wood)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
These city-owned parks, regal concrete crowns with acres of parking lots and nary a knothole to peek through, are a definite swing away from the democratic character of the earlier ballparks.
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Besides, there's an old saying: peek not through a knothole, lest ye be vexxed.
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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.
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