funk hole
Britishnoun
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military a dugout
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a job that affords exemption from military service
Example Sentences
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The trench walls also harbor four “funk holes,” dugouts where soldiers retreated deeper into the earth, away from the weather, the metallic sound of digging and the mortars’ whistle and boom.
From Washington Times
Most of them were in dugouts or funk holes, and did not make a severe resistance.
From Project Gutenberg
The spectacle of four or five men hurriedly tumbling for shelter into the same "funk hole," a wild whirl of arms and legs, has its absurd side and never fails to excite amusement.
From Project Gutenberg
He lay in shallow funk holes, conferring with his company and platoon commanders.
From Project Gutenberg
When I reached the front line I crawled in a funk hole and waited for dawning and for our own troops to come along.
From Project Gutenberg
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