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manhole cover

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Noun1.manhole covermanhole cover - a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street)
manhole - a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
cover, top - covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"
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manhole cover n → tombino, chiusino
manhole cover n → tombino, chiusino


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The boatswain could get in, therefore, without coming out on deck at all; but to his great surprise he found he could induce no one to help him in taking off the manhole cover.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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