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By 1870, it was an open secret that things would sometimes disappear into Holmes Hole (soon to be renamed Vineyard Haven.) Like nearby Woods Hole, Quick’s Hole, and Robinson’s Hole, the word “Hole” refers here to an opening, a mouth. As to the “Holmes” part, historian Charles Banks hypothesized, “It is probably derived from [the […] ....

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