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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Hole

If I find a hole in his coat, I will tell him my mind.
Shakespeare.—King Henry V., Act III. Scene 6. (Fluellen to Gower.)

If there’s a hole in a’ your coats,
I rede ye tent it;
A chield’s amang you takin’ notes,
And, faith, he’ll prent it.
Burns.—Captain Grose.