rathole

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English - Turkish
sıçan deliği
fare deliği
English - English
to surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game
A particularly squalid human residence
A living area used by mice or rats
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges
to take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats
to empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially
to hoard
{i} hole made by a rat; rat's burrow, shelter of a rat; small messy and uncomfortable room (Slang)
a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
a small dirty uncomfortable room
a small dirty uncomfortable room a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats

Related Terms

rathole tunnel
a railway tunnel prone to excess fumes, generally because of a combination of straining locomotives and poor ventilation