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Definition
an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
- The Loophole Of Retreat.21 — The Loophole Of Retreat (0% in)
- I was thankful when there came a day sufficiently mild for me to wrap myself up and sit at the loophole to watch the passers by.21 — The Loophole Of Retreat (82% in)
- All this, and much more, I thought of, as I sat at my loophole, waiting for the family to return from the grave; sometimes weeping, sometimes falling asleep, dreaming strange dreams of the dead and the living.28 — Aunt Nancy (92% in)
- Countless were the nights that I sat late at the little loophole scarcely large enough to give me a glimpse of one twinkling star.29 — Preparations For Escape (3% in)
- The next morning I peeped through my loophole, and saw that it was dark and cloudy.29 — Preparations For Escape (52% in)
- I had not spoken to him for seven years, though I had been under the same roof, and seen him every day, when I was well enough to sit at the loophole.29 — Preparations For Escape (81% in)
There are no more uses of "loophole" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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