mudhole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mudhole
Example Sentences
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What looks like a wet patch of grass might hide a mudhole or puddle deeper than your shoe.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021
While some avoided the mudhole, others were stuck there for 40-45 minutes.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018
“We wore a mudhole out under it,” Sasser laughed.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2018
“If an officer is in pursuit of someone, if he falls in a creek, in a mudhole, he gets up and his gun will fire.”
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2011
I sighed and plopped down on the first step, worried we’d made our way into another dead-end, boring, waste of time, dusty mudhole of a town, with another move not too far off.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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