swimming hole

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪmɪŋ həʊl/

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swimming hole (plural swimming holes)

1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) An area for swimming in a stream or river.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 95:

     The path, so she had been told, followed the river to the big swimming hole and the falls beyond.

   • 1895, Forrest Crissey, The Young Newspaper Scout, W.B. Conkey Company, page 33:

     The boys' swimming-hole was nearly a mile from town, it was a secluded spot — Blue Lick running close to the side of the hill, with massive rocks jutting out from its rugged front, and forming almost a canopy over the swimming-hole.

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