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Manhole   /mˈænhˌoʊl/   Listen
Manhole

noun
1.
A hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure.



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"Manhole" Quotes from Famous Books



... have welcomed an open manhole to vanish into. If that woman screamed and held fast to him till the police came it would be just as bad as the baby case. But if he tackled the dog he would probably go to the hospital and be afflicted with hydrophobia ...
— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie
... manhole cover with his two unoccupied hands, dropped the remains down the hole thus exposed, and let the cover slam back into place. He then squatted down, licked himself meticulously clean with a long, black, extremely agile tongue, ...
— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith
... easy. An air-tight manhole is all that is needed. That, of course, will have to be a little complicated; there will have to be a valve, so that things may be thrown out, if necessary, without much loss ...
— The First Men In The Moon • H. G. Wells
... latter are provided with inner return pipes, so that any condensed water accumulating at the bottom may be forced up the inner pipes by the steam pressure and escape at the top. The vessel is charged through the manhole, e, and the hopper, c, provided with a perforated cover, and is discharged at the bottom by the valve, f, shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The upper part of the boiler serves as a steam dome, and the pressure on the liquid ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various
... ye dhrink ye'er liquor, an' that's too aisy. Don't ye believe thim lads with lumber ya-ards on their necks an' bar'ls on their feet was coerced. There wasn't wan iv thim that wudden't give his week's wages f'r a chanst to show how many times he cud thrip over a manhole in a mile. No more coerced than ye are whin ye r-run down town an' make an ape iv ye-ersilf. I see ye marchin' away fr'm Finucane's with th' Willum J. O'Briens. Th' man nex' to ye had a banner declarin' that he was no slave. 'Twas th' la-ad ...
— Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War • Finley Peter Dunne


Words linked to "Manhole" :   manhole cover, hole


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