spyhole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Before she could use the spyhole in the door to find out who was there, the woman said the door began to shake.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Suddenly he notices, at the spyhole of his cell door, an eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rubashov stood with his eyes pressed tothe spyhole, and joined the chorus by beating with both hands rhythmically against the concrete door.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because miniature painting was the court art par excellence, a distillate of countless man-hours for people with infinite leisure, it provides a spyhole to the detail of this vanished culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon the light was sufficient for me to see out of my spyhole.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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