DCHP-1 Online
high-hole [< Brit.dial. highhoe, haihow, the green woodpecker] 
n. the flicker, Colaptes auratus.
- 1793 (1937) Also shot two other beautiful birds called Hei-ho. . . .
- 1926 The tap-tapping of an industrious high-hole sounded loudly in the quiet.
- 1941 He had a golden-winged woodpecker that he had shot--he called it a high-hole.
- 1793 (1937) Also shot two other beautiful birds called Hei-ho. . . .