Wookey Hole

/ ˈwʊkɪ həʊl /

noun

1. a village in SW England, in Somerset, near Wells: noted for the nearby limestone cave in which prehistoric remains have been found

Example Sentences

Curated by Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, the RBS show displays items used in the school’s courses, including a scrap from the Mainz Psalter, all sorts of bookbinding tools, a two-sheet mold from the Wookey Hole paper mill, the lithographic stone that printed the cover image of the dime novel “Davy Crockett’s Boy Hunter” and even an old Rocket eBook.

From Washington Post

Cottle, who died in hospital in Bath earlier in the week, retired from the circus in 2003 and bought the Somerset tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

From BBC

Cheese is your next consideration, and Barton believes he has “never tried a cheese that doesn’t taste good with a burger, from super-aged Wookey Hole cheddar and blue cheeses to bog-standard American cheese that gets nice and gloopy.”

From The Guardian

Plus, broadcaster Anneka Rice offers an honest - and hilarious - account of becoming so famous she was featured at the entrance to Madame Tussauds... then suffering the ignominy of her waxwork being removed, melted down and having its head left in Wookey Hole caves in Somerset.

From BBC

I basked in their attention, until they told me I'd been melted down and my head was in Wookey Hole.

From BBC