hole in the wall
Britishnoun
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another name for cash dispenser
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a small dingy place, esp one difficult to find
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Investigators later found a hole in the wall linking the two houses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Through a hole in the wall of one house, some crockery had remained impossibly upright on a shelf - while everything else around lay shattered or burned.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
To get to Faye, the responding fire crew members had to gently create a hole in the wall with a hammer, said Greg Barta, spokesperson for the fire authority.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
If you kick a hole in the wall in my house, don't ask me how to fix it.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
When it got too full, I put the money in a sock that I hid in a hole in the wall below my bunk.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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