holey
Etymology
From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).
adj
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Having, or being full of, holes. Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
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