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Gopher hole   /gˈoʊfər hoʊl/   Listen
Gopher hole

noun
1.
A hole in the ground made by gophers.





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"Gopher hole" Quotes from Famous Books



... then the all in two pockets, knife, purse, match-box—surely this trail was an improvement on Tom Thumb's' bread crumbs. One foot was out of the stirrup. I wrapped the reins around the pommel and clung on. There is a gopher hole—that means a broken leg for him, a clavicle and a few ribs for me. No; on we go. Ah, that stony brook ahead we soon must cross! Ye gods, so young and so fair! To perish thus, the toy of a ...
— A Woman Tenderfoot • Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
... had hysterics to-day," asserted Maud, gravely; "but I didn't blame him. He sent out a party to ride down a steep hill on horseback, as part of a film story, and a bad accident resulted. One of the horses stepped in a gopher hole and fell, and a dozen others piled up on ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West • Edith Van Dyne


Words linked to "Gopher hole" :   hole, hollow


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