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snakepit

snakepit is the alternative form 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

Forms of snakepit

pluralsnakepits

Questions about snakepit

What is snakepit the alternative form of?
Snakepit is the alternative form of snake pit.

Words near snakepit in the dictionary

  1. snakemouth
  2. snakemouths
  3. snakeneck
  4. snakenecks
  5. snakephobia
  6. snakepit
  7. snakepits
  8. snakeplant
  9. snakeproof
  10. snaker
  11. snakeries

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