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burrow

/ˈbʌɹoʊ/ noun C1
  1. A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.

Plural burrows

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One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.
The Jungle Book, p. 64 · B2
A door suddenly flew open out of what appeared to be solid wall at the end of the corridor, and a little, wizened man darted out of it, like a rabbit out of its burrow.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · C1
Armstrong’s trail to-day, and once on it I will not stop for rest or food until I run him to his burrow.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · C1
“Well, unless he has a burrow close by or a change of clothes ready, they can hardly miss him.
The Valley of Fear, p. 45 · C1

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