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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] is offline
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Default Etymological question -- "waller" a hole

Tim Wescott fired this volley in
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Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.


Actually, Tim, 'waller a hole' is a regional dialectic of "wallow a
hole".

And that comes from the noun 'wallow' which is shallow hole (usually in
which animals -typically pigs- like to bathe for fun or profit.

So, to "wallow a hole" means to just dig one out irregularly, as would a
pig trying to make a bathing hole.

LLoyd