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starting holes

starting holes is the plural of starting hole.

Meaning of starting hole

Noun

starting hole (plural starting holes)

  1. (obsolete) A loophole.
    • What trick? what deuice? what starting hole canst thou now find out, to hide thee from this open and apparant shame.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (obsolete) A place used to hide, or evade pursuit.
    • Whilſt furiouſly all vp and downe doth ſwimme
      Th'inſnared Fiſh, here on the toppe doth ſcud,
      There vnderneath the banckes, then in the mud;
      And with his franticke fits ſo ſcares the ſhole,
      That each one takes his hyde, or ſtarting hole;1613, William Browne, “The Fifth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. [The First Booke], London: […] Geo[rge] Norton, […], →OCLC, page 102
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see starting, hole.

Questions about starting holes

What is starting holes the plural of?
Starting holes is the plural of starting hole.

Words near starting holes in the dictionary

  1. starting gun
  2. starting guns
  3. starting handle
  4. starting handles
  5. starting hole
  6. starting holes
  7. starting in
  8. starting in on
  9. starting into
  10. starting lineup
  11. starting lineups

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