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swimming hole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈswɪmɪŋ həʊl/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand) An area for swimming in a stream or river.
   • The path, so she had been told, followed the river to the big swimming hole and the falls beyond. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 95:
   • The boys' swimming-hole was nearly a mile from town, it was a secluded spot — Blue Lick running close to the side of the hill, with massive rocks jutting out from its rugged front, and forming almost a canopy over the swimming-hole. 1895, Forrest Crissey, The Young Newspaper Scout, W.B. Conkey Company, page 33

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watering hole