as in dumps
a dirty or messy place
his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood
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holes
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In his first taste of NBA preseason action, Flagg continued to look like a player without any glaring holes in his game.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
The black bucket with a purple lid and a spider atop comes filled with 50 Munchkins doughnut holes.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Hellholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellholes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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