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Originally, a hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
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A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
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A military trench.
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A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
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A deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.
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In merchant and Royal Navy.
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In the Navy this refers to a place for general untidinesses.
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On passenger liners the Stewards' mess is referred to as the the 'glory hole'.
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On coal-burning tramp steamers, the stokehold was referred to as the 'glory hole'.
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An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
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