Likewise, I am not convinced that manhole is better off as personhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why do so many people hate gender-neutral words? (Oh, s—!) « Motivated Grammar] Reference

So manhole is more acceptable to me than spokesman because manholes aren’t people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why do so many people hate gender-neutral words? (Oh, s—!) « Motivated Grammar] Reference

He recalled a manhole explosion where a police detail saved the life of a 23-year-old trapped worker.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Patriot Ledger Home RSS] Reference

When not constructed of cast-iron, the bottoms, covers, and "manhole" lids must be 0.5 mm. thicker in each respective size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference

He seemed to be referring to a kind of manhole cover standing on its edge just inside the open-walled first story of the cracking plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference

Will the use of the term "manhole" for street covers be banned next?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moderate Voice] Reference

The second floor is reached by a wooden staircase or ladder, leading up through a "manhole" in the ceiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lighthouse] Reference

This epidemic is not just limited to manhole covers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rising Ripoffs] Reference

That Achilles 'heel turns out to be the closest manhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

A manhole had to be put in the top and a sump in the bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

Consider the current spate of so-called "manhole explosions.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

A Gotham-variety manhole explosion is a random, unintended event.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

A manhole cover popped up, clattered a few feet, dropped from sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Could Be Anything] Reference

Carr hissed in Ora's ear as his fingers found the rim of the manhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creatures of Vibration] Reference

The drums are accessible for inspection through the manhole openings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference

The manhole plates are of forged steel and turned to fit manhole opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference

"I have searched carefully," said Carl, "but I can't find even a manhole.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference

Drums are accessible for internal inspection by the removal of the manhole plates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference

"If I served you right, I would drop you through the manhole, just to wake you up.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference

And just as his smug smile reaches its widest point, he falls into an open manhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Geopolitics Of Pratfalls] Reference

I have never heard of an explosion in a manhole where this chloroform had been used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

"Even down to the manhole covers; he actually knows the story and history to those.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Island City Clicks With Honorary 'Mayor'] Reference

On many occasions, I told them the Rube Goldberg-esque backstory of manhole explosions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

Carr heard the clang of the manhole cover as it swung home, and was bolted to its seat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creatures of Vibration] Reference

Somehow, when the vessel landed, he managed to reach the manhole with his precious burden.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creatures of Vibration] Reference

H descended the manhole ladder first, followed by K.  Both with lights mounted to helmets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thinly Sliced Raw Fish] Reference

In the last year a staggering 600 manhole covers have been swiped by thieves in Philadelphia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rising Ripoffs] Reference

"We got a 911 call from someone who saw someone throwing something into a manhole," says Maj.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rising Ripoffs] Reference

I found that the cover of the manhole, weighing about 200 pounds, had entirely disappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference

When I think it's down there in that manhole I've spent the best years of my life, I-- I wanna die.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

Wood or glass, swinging or revolving, tent flap or manhole — no port of entry was beyond his talents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sic Transit] Reference

  "Asa throws nickels around like they're manhole covers," quips Polly, a comment that causes her husband to turn defensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Guide to a WASP Bar Mitzvah] Reference

All I know is that today, New Yorkers pay scant attention to manhole explosions -- and we've learned to take the outcomes in stride.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug] Reference