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  • 131Hand-hole plate — hand hole hand hole (h[a^]nd h[=o]l ), n. (Steam Boilers) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. [1913 Webster] {Hand hole plate}, the cover of a hand hole. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 132The Country Wife — is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time …

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