"pesthole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pestholes [plural]
Etymology: pest (“disease”) + hole (“miserable place”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pest|hole|t1=disease|t2=miserable place}} pest (“disease”) + hole (“miserable place”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pesthole (plural pestholes)
  1. A place where a contagious disease is present or likely Translations (place where a contagious disease is present or likely): огнище на зараза (ognište na zaraza) (Bulgarian), pesthaard (Dutch), pesthol [masculine] (Dutch)

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