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.