glory hole

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A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
(RQ:William Burroughs Naked Lunch)
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A military trench.
An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
A deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.
In the merchant and Royal Navy:
A generally untidy place.
The stewards' mess on a passenger liner.
The stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.
A bell-mouth spillway: a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.
An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.
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