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glory hole
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glory hole
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Informal a room, cupboard, or other storage space that contains an untidy and miscellaneous collection of objects
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical another term for lazaretto [1]
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Noun1.glory hole - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
locker, storage locker, cabinet - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
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glory hole
n
(inf)Rumpel- or Kramecke f; (= room)Rumpelkammer f; (= box)Rumpelkiste f; (= drawer)Kramschublade f
(Naut) → Logis nt
glory hole n (fam) → ripostiglio


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In 1970, the Glory Hole was sold to Peter VanderLaan, who revised the name to Gloryhole Glassworks and, after a year in operation, relocated the studio south of Santa Fe to La Cienega.
I motored the Valiant from AZ to Seattle so I could catch the Gloryholes the first night I was up there, and they tore the place apart even though the show was more subdued than in other places I've seen 'em (or maybe it was the fact that I'd had six hours of sleep in the past 72).
But close scrutiny of a map of the United States reveals that our country is a surprisingly queer land indeed Islands Gay Island, Maine Queer Island, Alaska Bodies of Water Gloryhole Creek, Alaska Pecker Pond, N.
 
 
 
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