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hole in the wall

British  

noun

  1. another name for cash dispenser

  2. a small dingy place, esp one difficult to find

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hole in the wall Idioms  
  1. A small, modest, or obscure place, as in My new apartment is just a hole in the wall, or Believe it or not, that little hole in the wall is a great restaurant. This graphic term is often used disparagingly. [First half of 1800s]


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Investigators later found a hole in the wall linking the two houses.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

Another popular café, which is operated by blind staff, serves coffee through a hole in the wall, from someone wearing a monkey suit arm, to customers waiting in the street.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2024

If you kick a hole in the wall in my house, don't ask me how to fix it.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2024

Pang asked me, incredulous, at another hole in the wall.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2023

The April sun, weak but determined, shone through a castle window and from there squeezed itself through a small hole in the wall and placed one golden finger on the little mouse.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

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