On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:40:42 -0600, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:

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

I had considered the "wallow" connection but didn't make the mental leap
from there to "make a hole as if you're a pig".

It makes perfect sense. And the folks in question would definitely turn
"wallow" into "waller" -- I just didn't want to inaccurize the word by
trying to "clean it up".

So -- do you know anyone else that uses the term?

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Tim Wescott
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