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snake pits

snake pits is the plural of snake pit.

Meaning of snake pit

Noun

snake pit (plural snake pits)

  1. A pit filled with snakes.
  2. (figuratively) Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.
    • Her friends try to persuade her, even fool her, into taking her medication; when she refuses, they try to commit her. She leaves for Ireland, where she has scheduled a speaking tour. There, she is arrested and incarcerated in a real snake-pit: the Our Lady of Clare rest home. And as she tries to...1990 August 31, Amy Hoffman, “"Crazy" Or Just Crazy?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 8

Questions about snake pits

What is snake pits the plural of?
Snake pits is the plural of snake pit.

Words near snake pits in the dictionary

  1. snake oil salesmen
  2. snake out
  3. snake palm
  4. Snake Pass
  5. snake pit
  6. snake pits
  7. snake plant
  8. snake rake
  9. snake rakes
  10. Snake Range
  11. Snake River

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