plughole
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plughole (plural plugholes)
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 28, in Small Island[1], London: Review, page 295:
- The plughole started to slurp loudly as the water went down it.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 199:
- He jabbed his fingers into his hair and worked the dirt from the follicles, watched it swirl away down the plughole, sandy granules, flakes of dust and ash.
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drain hole of a bath or a basin
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