Definition of "manhole" []

• A hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, boiler, drain, or similar structure. (noun)

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• "Likewise, I am not convinced that manhole is better off as personhole."
• "Smoke machines and loudspeakers, carefully hidden in manhole covers throughout Manhattan, completed the breathtakingly convincing display."
• "So manhole is more acceptable to me than spokesman because manholes aren’t people."