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holeproof

[ hohl-proof ]

adjective

  1. (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.
  2. constructed so as to prevent evasion or subterfuge:

    a holeproof document.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of holeproof1

First recorded in 1910–15; hole + -proof

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