maintenance hole
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
maintenance + hole. The first word may have been chosen partly to preserve the same initials as manhole.
Noun[edit]
maintenance hole (plural maintenance holes)
Usage notes[edit]
- This is apparently a response to the perceived sexism of the word manhole, and has sometimes replaced it in contexts where this issue is considered important, as in government documents.