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- noun Plural form of
bolthole .
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Examples
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There has been growing disquiet over the use of tax havens - financial "boltholes" that allow companies to pay little or no tax.
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009
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Men will head for potting sheds, billiard halls and tool-belt emporiums, while women's boltholes include day spas, hat shops and the supermarket.
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Many market-watchers scrambled to declare the two currencies new boltholes, while Norway's central bank warned that it may be forced to cut interest rates if the krone kept on climbing.
Nordic Currencies Prove a False Haven Jessica Mead 2011
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In these parts it's he calls the tune, true enough, and has boltholes everywhere.
A River So Long 2010
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Many more Cambournes are planned – quite a few of them near, er, Cambourne; low to medium cost boltholes a handy commute from a nearby city (in this case, of course, Cambridge).
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The Ninja temple with boltholes and secret staircases, unlike every OTHER historic site which are closed on Wednesday is closed on Monday today.
Archive 2008-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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These new houses are about one minute from the M8 motorway, and I suspect used as commuter boltholes.
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The Ninja temple with boltholes and secret staircases, unlike every OTHER historic site which are closed on Wednesday is closed on Monday today.
Japan Trip April 7th (day 7): Wagashi, Ninja district, bento boxes and domestics Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Driving the terrorists out of their boltholes seemed to be a good thing.
Iran and the NPT 2005
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Driving the terrorists out of their boltholes seemed to be a good thing.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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