pesthole

[ pest-hohl ]
/ ˈpɛstˌhoʊl /

noun

a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.

Origin of pesthole

First recorded in 1900–05; pest + hole

Example sentences from the Web for pesthole

  • Three American doctors went down into that pesthole of a Cuban city to offer their lives for a theory.

    The Unspeakable Perk |Samuel Hopkins Adams