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spyhole

British  
/ ˈspaɪˌhəʊl /

noun

  1. a small hole in a door, etc through which one may watch secretly; peephole

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

Gradually our eyes became accustomed to the light, and we found that a pair of brown legs were moving slowly along the floor past our spyhole.

From The White Waterfall by James Francis Dwyer

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