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Definition of "posthole" []

  • A hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "posthole" in a sentence
  • "With his own hands he tossed what was left of her head into the posthole he'd excavated in the woods six or eight weeks earlier."
  • "Or else the truth: Sorry but zero interest in another man, they are too much work and too self-centered and they think you exist for nothing but their own personal convenience, and they can't tell a woman from a rubber blimp or their dick from a posthole digger and they guzzle up the scotch like there's no tomorrow, and they never clean out the ashes after the cozy fireside evenings."
  • "Too much trouble to unload the posthole digger, roll of barbed wire, and assorted tools cluttered in the truck bed."
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