peephole

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Looking through a peephole, the resident saw a man holding a .22 caliber pump-action rifle, Jerome said.

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  1. noun A small hole or crevice through which one may peep. Also called eyehole.

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  • It was a heavy metal fire door with a security peephole, a dead bolt, and a double-thick chain. —  One For The Money
  • If one of their friends interfered with their gaze at the peephole, then they were freed-and seldom peeked again. —  Night Mare
  • Horace plunged into its peephole, and Chex followed. —  Vale of the Vole
  • When a person looked into the peephole, his spirit entered the gourd, and could not escape it until some other person came and broke his line of sight. —  Vale of the Vole
  • Then Esk covered the peephole, and Volney returned to life. —  Vale of the Vole
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