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bunghole

American  
[buhng-hohl] / ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl /

noun

  1. a hole in a cask through which it is filled.


bunghole British  
/ ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl /

noun

  1. a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained

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Etymology

Origin of bunghole

First recorded in 1565–75; bung 1 + hole

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

"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 Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler

They spare at the spigot, and let all run away at the bunghole.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

Other Supers apply their mugs to the bunghole and drink, previously holding them upside down.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina

George Burroughs could lift a barrel by inserting his finger in the bunghole.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman