hole in the wall

noun

1. another name for cash dispenser

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

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

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The 10 inmates, including Groves, had fled the Orleans Parish Justice Center in May by ripping a toilet from the wall and breaking metal bars around the hole in the wall before climbing down a hall and running across a highway.

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He points to the gaping hole in the wall where the missiles entered.

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The restaurant, which opened in 1972, is literally a hole in the wall.

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One of Delos Reyes' devices had videos of men using the toilet filmed through a hole in the wall.

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