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"A hole in the trunk of a tree, containing the natural honey produced by a colony of bees."
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"ref": "2000 April 30, Pete Bodo, “Outdoors: A Presence at the Source of the Noble Brookie”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-06-10",
"text": "The water swirling gently at the base of the muscular willow crowding the brook was the color of pea soup, and so deep that the bottom was invisible—a feature so dramatic on this small ribbon of water that it qualified as an authentic \"honey hole\". This is the angler's catch phrase for one of those rare, reliable places that always hold fish.",
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"ref": "2018 May 15, Todd C. Frankel, “The surprising return of the repo man”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2020-06-10",
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"ref": "2018, Larry Davis, chapter 13, in The Winery and the Irishmen",
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