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pughole

pughole noun: a marshy place where water pools or seeps.

Noun

pughole (plural pugholes)

  1. A marshy place where water pools or seeps.
    • […] Is there much stagnant water lying about? - There is no more than what has accumulated in the natural gullies and pugholes, from flood water, which the drains have not taken off. […] some of these pugholes [...] are twenty, thirty, or forty feet [deep].1877, South Australia. Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia: With Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed ..., Sanitation, November 5th, 1875, page 12
    • Where there are set backs and bayous and pug holes and marshes along the river, if the water is let out from the dams above, the marshes, bayous, set-backs and pug-holes have a tendency to have a rapid raise of the water.1899, Case on Appeal to Court of Appeals, page 120

Forms of pughole

pluralpugholes

Origin of pughole

Perhaps related to dialectal English or Scots pouk (“hole in the ground, usually waterlogged or marshy”), see pucksy for more.

Questions about pughole

What does pughole mean?
Pughole means a marshy place where water pools or seeps.
What part of speech is pughole?
Pughole is a noun.
What is the plural of pughole?
The plural of pughole is pugholes.

Words near pughole in the dictionary

  1. puggris
  2. puggry
  3. puggy
  4. pugh
  5. Pughe
  6. pughole
  7. pugholes
  8. pugil
  9. pugil stick
  10. pugil sticks
  11. pugilant

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