bolt hole

[Wilson Gray]

So, one can bolt not only *through* a bolt hole, but one can also bolt
*to* a bolt hole. That's sick! ;-)

-Wilson

On 6/19/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> In the OED, a "bolt hole" is an opening through which a creature (like a rabbit) can escape or "bolt." Nowadays the term is regularly applied to a place where persons escape TO--a retreat, hideaway, vacation spot, etc. Most specifically, it now designates a house in England purchased and occupied by Iraqi government officials and tycoons who have abandoned their country to its inauspicious fate.
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