plughole

British

/ ˈplʌɡˌhəʊl /

noun

a hole, esp in a bath, basin, or sink, through which waste water drains and which can be closed with a plug

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Not bad for someone once terrified of water in case a shark came up the plughole.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2021

He used Hershey’s chocolate syrup for the blood which swirled down the plughole, because it looked just right in black and white.

From Economist • Nov. 2, 2017

As for Europe, it seems to have vanished down a plughole of its own creating.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2014

Photograph: Moviestore/Rex Just five years after the ropey Spider-Man 3 crawled out of the multiplex plughole in 2007, starring an increasingly jaded and malign-looking Tobey Maguire, the reset button has been pressed.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012

It is like the different directions of the water swirling down the plughole.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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