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gloryhole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of glory hole.
    alt of glory hole

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gloryholes Number=Plur lexicographic

gloryhole en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To mine using a glory hole.
    • Furthermore, gloryholing was extremely hazardous because of having to work on loose slopes and upon some ground which was on fire or through which gas and smoke were issuing. For these reasons gloryholing was abandoned. 1930, The Mining Congress Journal, volume 16, page 339:
  2. (rare, slang) To have sex through a glory hole.

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gloryholes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gloryholed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gloryholed Tense=Past lexicographic
gloryholing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic