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snake pit

  1. a pit where snakes are kept
  2. ☆ Informal a place of horror and confusion, as a crowded mental hospital where patients are improperly cared for

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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