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Judas windows

Judas windows is the plural of Judas window.

Meaning of Judas window

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

Questions about Judas windows

What is Judas windows the plural of?
Judas windows is the plural of Judas window.

Words near Judas windows in the dictionary

  1. Judas steers
  2. Judas the Iscariot
  3. Judas tree
  4. Judas trees
  5. Judas window
  6. Judas windows
  7. Judas-ear
  8. Judas-ears
  9. Judas-haired
  10. Judas-hole
  11. Judas-holes

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