subs. phr. (old).—A privy: see MRS. JONES.
1555. FARDLE, Facions, 19. Whiche dreamed not their knowledge in the BENCHEHOLE at home.
1606. SHAKESPEARE, Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 7. 9. We’ll beat ’em into BENCHHOLES.
d. 1656. JOSEPH HALL, The Remaining Works (1660), 231. ‘Life a Sojourning.’ The stoutest Atheist turnes pale, and is ready to creep into a BENCH-HOLE.
