rathole
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rathole
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From rat + hole.
noun ratholes
- An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
- A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals. Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.
- A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
- An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
- A pigeonhole.
verb ratholes · ratholing · ratholed
- To hoard.
- To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
- To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
- To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
- (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
Similar: amound, intreasure
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verb
Similar: amound, intreasure
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noun an entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats
| Deutsch | Rattenloch |
|---|---|
| Italiano | topaia |
noun a particularly squalid human residence
| Français | trou à rats, nid à rats |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rattenloch |
| Italiano | topaia |
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