rathole

Example Sentences

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According to the DPIC, when Virginia goes, the death penalty will be dead in a majority of states, whether by legislative action, state court order or executive refusal to continue shoveling money down the rathole.

From Washington Post

“This is not something we take without a commitment. Don’t take the PPP and rathole it. Spend it on keeping an employment base and figure you are going to invest so you can move forward.”

From Reuters

As a BaT commenter, “I try to keep conversations from going down a rathole,” he added.

From New York Times

Am I pouring my money down a rathole?

From Seattle Times

This was the “old bohemian rathole from more affordable times” that I sketched and wrote about two years ago, not long after its last tenants moved out.

From Seattle Times