bunghole
Americannoun
noun
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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
I forced the end of each yard into the bunghole of an empty brandy-cask, to keep them steady during our progress.
From The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island by Wyss, Johann David
The cask must still be kept full, and the rising particles taken off at the bunghole.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
A kerosene barrel standing in front of a grocery store was sucked out of the bunghole and turned inside out, like a lady's slipper.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various
He confessed afterward that he had taken satisfaction in looking through the bunghole of the hogshead, in believing Uncle John would not find him there.
From The Art of Soul-Winning by Mahood, J.W.
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