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dog-hole
A hole fit for a dog; a vile or mean dwelling or place, unfit for human habitation.
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 16 The Schoole which I builde is narrowe, and at the first blushe appeareth but a doggehole. 1601Shakes. All's Well ii. iii. 292 France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits, The tread of a mans foot. 1726Swift Epist. Corr. Wks. 1841 II. 586 You all live in a wretched dirty doghole and prison. 1815Simond Tour Gt. Brit. I. 324 The goblin cave was a mere dog-hole. |