Commentary for Niddah 112:2
אי אמרת חזקתו בדוק מאן דבדק בגומא נמי בדיק אי אמרת חזקתו מתכבד גומא לא מתכבדא
If you say that 'it is in the presumptive state of having been duly examined', any one who examines the alley examines also any hole in it; but if you say that 'it is in the presumptive state of having been properly swept', a hole is not usually swept.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the creeping thing may have been lying in that hole long before the alley had been swept (cf. n. 5). ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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