dusthole

English

Etymology

From dust +‎ hole.

Noun

dusthole (plural dustholes)

1. (now rare) A hole or other receptacle for rubbish; a dustbin.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 231:

     The kitchen was paved with off bits of stone, close to the dust-hole, which was infested with rats […] .