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hole-in-the-walls

hole-in-the-walls is the plural of hole-in-the-wall.

Meaning of hole-in-the-wall

Noun

hole-in-the-wall (plural hole-in-the-walls or holes-in-the-wall)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) A restaurant, shop or other establishment catering to customers that is particularly inconspicuous and easily overlooked.
    • 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 189.2022, C.S. Poe, chapter 17, in Subway Slayings (Memento Mori; 2), Oklahoma City, Okla.: Emporium Press, →ISBN
  2. (UK, colloquial) Synonym of automated teller machine.

Questions about hole-in-the-walls

What is hole-in-the-walls the plural of?
Hole-in-the-walls is the plural of hole-in-the-wall.

Words near hole-in-the-walls in the dictionary

  1. hole up
  2. hole-and-corner
  3. hole-board test
  4. hole-board tests
  5. hole-in-the-wall
  6. hole-in-the-walls
  7. holeable
  8. Holec
  9. Holecek
  10. Holeceks
  11. Holechek

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