rathole
Example Sentences
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The states would be motivated to determine the legitimacy of the payments before the money disappears down the fraud rathole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The house was a real—I won't curse on the podcast, but, you know, a rathole, let's say.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2018
I can disappear down a rathole of books on, say, the history of the Congo or special operations in Southeast Asia for years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
“I’m sure Jeff never imagined that he would recapture all the equity that was drained into the rathole, but he was going to do his best,” Viebranz says.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 24, 2014
My mother placed a portion of it in a small bowl and left it overnight in a corner where there was a rathole.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
