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dry hole definition

dry hole

  1. an oil, water, or gas well that is not commercially profitable
  2. an unsuccessful attempt to accomplish some objective in business, politics, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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