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pugholes

pugholes is the plural of pughole.

Meaning of pughole

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

Questions about pugholes

What is pugholes the plural of?
Pugholes is the plural of pughole.

Words near pugholes in the dictionary

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

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