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holeproof

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[hohl-proof] / ˈhoʊlˌpruf /

adjective

  1. (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.

  2. constructed so as to prevent evasion or subterfuge.

    a holeproof document.

Etymology

Origin of holeproof

First recorded in 1910–15; hole + -proof

Example Sentences

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They had just passed what they believed to be holeproof legislation to replace the punctured, lately-expired Cinematograph Films Act of 1927.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he was smiling when he said it; though a new knitting process makes the stockings runproof, it does not make them holeproof.

From Time Magazine Archive

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