Definition of "doghole" [dog•hole]

• A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. (noun)

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• "Murmuring very low in the rhythmical tone of one oppressed by the air, Mrs. Flushing began to wonder where they were to sleep, for they could not sleep downstairs, they could not sleep in a doghole smelling of oil, they could not sleep on deck, they could not sleep — She yawned profoundly."
• "Adventure lurks in every nook an 'slough an' doghole on the bay."
• "‘I wish you had had my dreams when I first came to this doghole, and tried to sleep among the dry seaweed."