"hole-in-the-wall" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hole-in-the-wall.wav Forms: hole-in-the-walls [plural], holes-in-the-wall [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|holes-in-the-wall}} hole-in-the-wall (plural hole-in-the-walls or holes-in-the-wall)
  1. (Canada, US) A restaurant, shop or other establishment catering to customers that is particularly inconspicuous and easily overlooked. Tags: Canada, US Translations (a small or obscure place): boui-boui [masculine] (French), gargote (French), 穴場 (anaba) (alt: あなば) (Japanese), gurgustium [neuter] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-hole-in-the-wall-en-noun-HrIOlPIV Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'a small or obscure place': 57 43
  2. (colloquial, chiefly British) Synonym of automated teller machine Tags: British, colloquial Synonyms: automated teller machine [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hole-in-the-wall-en-noun-nZFGNgcD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hole in the wall Related terms: know someone from a hole in the wall

Inflected forms

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