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

The actual Nixon was ever the wounded animal, so lacking in social and personal confidence that it led him down the rathole of a scandal that shattered the public’s trust in American politics.

From Slate • May 18, 2018

“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

“Where have you led us, dwarf? My horse does not leave my side. Climb into this rathole, the rest of you. I shall guard Islimach myself.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander