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mudhole

American  
[muhd-hohl] / ˈmʌdˌhoʊl /

noun

  1. a depression in which mud collects.


Etymology

Origin of mudhole

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; mud + hole


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Halfway there, we left the paved highway and turned onto an unmarked back road with deep sand and an occasional mudhole.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021

While some avoided the mudhole, others were stuck there for 40-45 minutes.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2018

“We wore a mudhole out under it,” Sasser laughed.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2018

“If an officer is in pursuit of someone, if he falls in a creek, in a mudhole, he gets up and his gun will fire.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2011

I sighed and plopped down on the first step, worried we’d made our way into another dead-end, boring, waste of time, dusty mudhole of a town, with another move not too far off.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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