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put wood in t'hole

put wood in t'hole is the uncommon form of put the wood in the hole.

Meaning of put the wood in the hole

Verb

put the wood in the hole (third-person singular simple present puts the wood in the hole, present participle putting the wood in the hole, simple past and past participle put the wood in the hole)

  1. (Yorkshire, idiomatic, Lancashire, Manchester) To shut the door.
    • Put t'wood i t'hoil at-after tha goes aat, Aw can't stan it when ther's a draft in here!

Forms of put wood in t'hole

third-person singular presentputs wood in t'hole
present participleputting wood in t'hole
past participleput wood in t'hole
pastput wood in t'hole

Questions about put wood in t'hole

What is put wood in t'hole the uncommon form of?
Put wood in t'hole is the uncommon form of put the wood in the hole.

Words near put wood in t'hole in the dictionary

  1. put up or shut up
  2. put up the shutters
  3. put up to
  4. put up with
  5. put upon
  6. put wood in t'hole
  7. put wood in t’hole
  8. put words in someone's mouth
  9. put-and-take
  10. put-back
  11. put-backs

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