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  • He sped at a breakneck rate down the hill, but in the turn at the bottom, in the deep shadows, he encountered a chuck-hole and pitched headlong over the handle bar.

    When the World Was Young 2010

  • The sheriff stooped down and inspected the chuck-hole.

    Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

  • There's already one bar removed from the chuck-hole (No use trying to reproduce the dialect).

    Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

  • There's already one bar removed from the chuck-hole (No use trying to reproduce the dialect).

    Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

  • The sheriff stooped down and inspected the chuck-hole.

    Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

  • Smiling at the brash act he contemplated, Bowers threw the brake mechanically as the front wheels of the wagon sank into a chuck-hole and the jolt all but landed him on the broad rump of Old Peter.

    The Fighting Shepherdess Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • He sped at a breakneck rate down the hill, but in the turn at the bottom, in the deep shadows, he encountered a chuck-hole and pitched headlong over the handle bar.

    When the World was Young 1913

  • Not one hair's breadth did he deign to swerve for chuck-hole or stone; not one fractional mile per hour did he check for gully or ditch.

    The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

  • Their tongues was out, and every once in a while they'd stick in a chuck-hole.

    Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909

  • Young Kenner was thoughtful, brooding through the hours of darkness with his head slightly bent and his eyes, so far as Casey could determine, fixed steadily on the uneven trail where the headlights revealed every rut, every stone, every chuck-hole.

    The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905

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