manhole

• man hole
• man-hole

From man +‎ hole.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mænhəʊl/

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manhole (plural manholes)

1. A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
   • 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:

     The king had scarce ceased to writhe,
     When hate gave a terrible laugh,
     Like a manhole opened to Hell.

2. A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
3. (informal) The anus of man, in a sexual context.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:manhole.
4. (LGBTQ) The vulva or vagina of a trans man.

• In contexts such as government documents where gendered terms are avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole.

• manhole cover
• throw nickels around like manhole covers

• manhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Fielding, Lucie (2021) Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96

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