Beyond a doubt they pulled up our buoys, and more than that, they'll watch it as a terrier watches a rathole.
"Marcy The Blockade Runner"
Harry Castlemon
If anyone will watch the bank as a racing eight passes, noting the level of the water at a rathole, he will see the level of the stream first rise as the boat comes nearly abreast of his point of observation.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
"A rotten rathole," snarled Denver to his companion in that inimitable, guarded whisper.
"Black Jack"
Max Brand