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pit-eyes

pit-eyes is the plural of pit-eye.

Meaning of pit-eye

Noun

pit-eye (plural pit-eyes)

  1. The bottom of a central mineshaft.
    • The cages came up crammed and crammed again with the men nearest the pit-eye, as they call the place where you can see daylight from the bottom of the main shaft.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Twenty-two’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 402

Questions about pit-eyes

What is pit-eyes the plural of?
Pit-eyes is the plural of pit-eye.

Words near pit-eyes in the dictionary

  1. pit-adder
  2. pit-adders
  3. pit-boss
  4. pit-bosses
  5. pit-eye
  6. pit-eyes
  7. pit-house
  8. Pit-os
  9. pit-pat
  10. pit-stop
  11. pit-stops

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