doghole
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Noun
- {{lb|en|idiomatic|derogatory}} A [[place#Noun|place]] [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as [[fit#Adjective|fit]] only for [[dog#Noun|dogs]]: a [[horrid#Adjective|horrid]], [[mean#Adjective|mean]] [[habitation]].
- A [[small]], [[shallow]] [[bay]] or [[inlet]], usually surrounded by high [[cliff]]s, that is accessible only by smaller [[boat]]s.
- A type of [[small]] [[schooner]] designed in the 19th century to [[navigate]] in [[shallow]] waters and to conduct [[coastal]] [[shipping]] in and out of doghole ports.
- {{senseid|en|mining}} {{lb|en|mining|slang}} A [[mine]] worked by fewer than fifteen [[miner]]s, which is small enough that some [[safety]] [[law]]s do not apply.
- {{lb|en|mining}} An [[excavate]]d area that acts as an [[access]] [[hole]] or that [[connect]]s different parts of a [[mine]].
- A [[tiny]], [[uncomfortable]] [[hole]] or [[cell]], usually too small to stand in, in which [[prisoner]]s are [[confine]]d as [[punishment]].
- {{senseid|en|hole for soldiers}} An [[underground]] [[bolthole]] dug to [[hide]] from [[enemy]] [[soldier]]s.
- One of the entrances to a system of [[prairie dog]] [[tunnel]]s.
- A [[hole]] that was [[dig|dug]] by a [[dog]].
- A [[hole]] [[drill]]ed for the placement of a [[bench dog]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|mining|slang}} To work in a doghole [[mine]], especially to [[manually]] [[dig up]] a [[vein]].
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