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BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
donjon; dungeon; keep (the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress)
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