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Noun: hole-in-the-wall (holes-in-the-wall)
Usage: informal
  1. [N. Amer, informal] A small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
    "his office was a hole-in-the-wall"
     
  2. [UK, informal] An unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
    "She withdrew cash from the hole-in-the-wall before going shopping";
    - cash machine [Brit, Cdn], cash dispenser [Brit], automated teller machine, automatic teller machine, automated teller, automatic teller, ATM, cashpoint [UK]

Derived forms: holes-in-the-wall

Type of: machine, place, spot, topographic point

Encyclopedia: Hole-in-the-wall