mudhole
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌhoʊl/
- Informal
:
pueblo miserable
- They decided to move away from the mudhole where they had lived for too long.
Examples
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The Germans, no doubt, also whispered about home and mudholes on their side.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ellis countered with his own version of the worst mudhole in Ohio.
Fiction book (1992) -
Forty miles from mudhole to mudhole.
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She doesn't belong in this mudhole.
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It is not my pleasure to have to leave my boardroom to come to this godforsaken piece of dirt to discover why, in the name of all that is holy, you cannot seem to evict a few simple farmers from their pathetic little mudholes so that I may build the greatest railroad that this country has ever seen!
Fiction book (2001) -
After years of neglect, the once-thriving town became just another mudhole in the state.
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The property was located in a mudhole, making it hard to sell to any prospective buyers.
Synonyms
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7.9
A very dirty, unpleasant, and dangerous place
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9.9
A small, boring town far from big cities
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9.1
A remote area far from towns with few modern services
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9.9
A very far away empty place with nothing there
A small dirty house or room where poor people live
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Morphology
Etymology
The word mudhole is often used to describe a poor or unpleasant place and comes from the image of a hole full of mud. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a town people call a 'mudhole' because it feels dirty or unwanted, which explains the modern, figurative meaning.