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Definition of Funk hole
1. Noun. Dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funk Hole
Literary usage of Funk hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Six Months on the Italian Front: From the Stelvio to the Adriatic, 1915-1916 by Julius Mendes Price (1917)
"... two Carabinieri—Cool courage—In the ' funk hole "—An inferno—My own
impressions —Effect on soldiers and our chauffeur—The wounded sergeant—We prepare to ..."
2. War Readings by National board for historical service (1918)
"He stood at the mouth of his individual funk-hole and waited. Like a captain
whose duty it is to stand by ... The doctor did not go down into his funk-hole. ..."
3. In the Russian Ranks: A Soldier's Account of Fighting in Poland by John Morse (1916)
"I obtained some of the straw, and slept very soundly in my "funk-hole," though
I had a suspicion that I might have very good cause to funk in the morning. ..."
4. Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer by R. A. L., Anna Chapin Ray (1918)
"Only last night I was planning a swell funk hole we'll make in the woods, ...
I am more than usually lucky in the funk hole allotted — at least by ..."
5. Winning a Cause: World War Stories by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1919)
"I was deep in it when, above the regular shots of the fellow in the funk hole
nearest me, came a rattle of pistol explosions some distance away. ..."
6. The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 by Wisconsin War History Commission, Michigan War History Commission (1920)
"Fox Hole' An individual shelter, generally a hole in the ground in the side of
a hill, ditch or embankment away from the enemy. funk hole Same as a fox hole ..."
7. Echoes from Over There by Louise Corbin (1919)
"It was midnight when my buddy and I entered our "funk hole" in the front line.
The Germans were from seventy- five to a hundred yards away. ..."
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