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Judas window

Judas window noun: a window enabling a prison guard to see into a cell without being seen by the prisoner.

Noun

Judas window (plural Judas windows)

  1. A window enabling a prison guard to see into a cell without being seen by the prisoner.
    • A prisoner may be confined nude in a cell with a Judas window and intruded upon periodically while there.1989, James P. Sterba, Creighton Peden, Freedom, equality, and social change, page 314
    • Luckily an officer happened to look through the judas-window in the door and rushed in to save the witness2017, Theodore Dalrymple, The Knife Went In

Forms of Judas window

pluralJudas windows

Questions about Judas window

What does Judas window mean?
Judas window means a window enabling a prison guard to see into a cell without being seen by the prisoner.
What part of speech is Judas window?
Judas window is a noun.
What is the plural of Judas window?
The plural of Judas window is Judas windows.

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  8. Judas-ear
  9. Judas-ears
  10. Judas-haired
  11. Judas-hole

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