peepholes
- plural of peephole.
Example Sentences
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Leidos told Congress in December it would install peepholes on dorm room doors, limit access to master keys that could open multiple bedrooms, and give teams in the field an extra satellite phone.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023
The system consisted of a sliding camera connected to a TV monitor, along with four peepholes to assess people of different heights, a remote control door lock and a two-way microphone.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023
And while they didn't find any peepholes in the buildings they studied, they did find some hidden stairs.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022
At their center, peepholes or narrow slits allow you to look through the object — although typically, the focused view is blocked by a dot or line that DeLap has painted on the glass.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2018
The stairway walls had peepholes and shelves cut into them.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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