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Definition of
hellhole noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
hellhole
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈhɛlhoʊl
/
/
(
informal
)
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a very unpleasant place
The town is an industrial hellhole.
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hellhole
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