spider hole

plural spider holes

1. governmentA small, usually camouflaged hole dug in the ground where someone can hide.

   The grenade launcher was passed to Davis, who fired a beehive round into the spider hole.

   2006, Keith Nolan, House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, page 323

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   The ragged fugitive dragged from a spider hole near Tikrit in December 2003 was physically diminished - Saddam lost weight on the run - and the subsequent incarceration and near invisibility whittled his relevance.

   2005 October 18, Rory Carroll, “Trial of the Century? Not for Iraqis”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: foxhole