plughole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"And in the name of what? In the name of ratings and clicks. We're in danger of going down a very nasty plughole here."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
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
It means sinking, and refers to a practice adopted by young, gilded Swedes of buying two bottles of champagne and then ordering the barman to pour one down the plughole.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2013
It’s like water whirling down a plughole: in the northern hemisphere it whooshes anti-clockwise, in the south, clockwise.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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