bunghole
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bunghole
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Example Sentences
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He knew that corpses are insensate matter, nothing more; loam, as Hamlet said later, with which to stop a bunghole.
From Economist ● Nov. 26, 2015
Presently she spoke, and her voice sounded as if she were in a great empty cask, with her mouth at the bunghole.
From The Girl at Cobhurst by Frank Richard Stockton
"It's Bill Ware," said Tomkins; and, without wasting time unnecessarily, Bill Ware plumped himself upon the ground, his mouth to the bunghole.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Spare at the spigot, and let out at the bunghole.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
It gives: 'Stroom: rightly strom: a malt strainer, a wicker-work basket or bottle, placed under the bunghole of a mash-tub to strain off the hops.'
From The Crow's Nest by Clarence Day
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