creep hole (krephol)

1. A hole into which an animal may creep to escape notice or dan ger. Hence-2. subterfuge; an excuse. creepie1, 1, creepy2 (krē'pi), n. [E. dial. and Sc., appar. dim. from creep.] A low stool; a cricket. Also called creeper, creepie- stool, and creepie chair, and in Scotland sometimes denoting the stool of repentance. When I mount the creepie - chair. Burns , The Rantin' Dog, the Daddie o't. The three-legged creepie - stools were hired out at a penny an hour to such market women as came too late to find room on the steps. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, ii.