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holes-in-the-wall

holes-in-the-wall 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 holes-in-the-wall

What is holes-in-the-wall the plural of?
Holes-in-the-wall is the plural of hole-in-the-wall.

Words near holes-in-the-wall in the dictionary

  1. Holes Bay
  2. holes in one
  3. holes in the head
  4. holes out
  5. holes up
  6. holes-in-the-wall
  7. holesaw
  8. holesaws
  9. Holeses
  10. holesful
  11. holeshot

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