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  1. ratholes: Merriam-Webster
  2. ratholes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ratholes: Vocabulary.com
  4. ratholes: Wiktionary
  5. ratholes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rathole)

noun:  An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
noun:  A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
noun:  A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
noun:  An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
noun:  (printing) A pigeonhole.
verb:  (transitive) To hoard.
verb:  (transitive) To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
verb:  (transitive, poker) To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
verb:  (intransitive, poker) To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
verb:  (intransitive) (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
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