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murder-holes

murder-holes is the plural of murder-hole.

Meaning of murder-hole

Noun

murder-hole (plural murder-holes)

  1. A deep pit used for drowning malefactors as a punishment.
    • The pits were of the kind which have become known as murder-holes, for the reason already explained that they were used by the barons, who had power of pit and gallows, to punish malefactors summarily.1877, Charles Gibbon, In Love and War: A Romance - Volume 1, page 294

Questions about murder-holes

What is murder-holes the plural of?
Murder-holes is the plural of murder-hole.

Words near murder-holes in the dictionary

  1. murder-for-hires
  2. murder-hobo
  3. murder-hoboes
  4. murder-hobos
  5. murder-hole
  6. murder-holes
  7. murder-suicide
  8. murder-suicides
  9. murderabilia
  10. murderable
  11. Murderapolis

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