Definitions
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- noun a small
pit , dug in theearth by hikers etc in order tobury faeces - noun nautical either of two circular holes cut in the
stern of asailing man of war on the level of thecapstan , used for the passage of sternhawsers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Usually you would find a cave like this and it would be a war zone oflooters 'pits, yet there was not even a quick cathole in here.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Usually you would find a cave like this and it would be a war zone oflooters 'pits, yet there was not even a quick cathole in here.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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If you can't be bothered with digging a cathole, or find bagging your leavings too coarse, the Portable Toilet could allow you to leave-no-trace with relative opulence.
unknown title 2009
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If you can't be bothered with digging a cathole, or find bagging your leavings too coarse, the Portable Toilet could allow you to leave-no-trace with relative opulence.
unknown title 2009
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An aristocrat is said to be "putting his head at the national window," and "he has put his head through the cathole." [
The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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