Word of the Day:
oubliette
What It Means
Oubliette in Context
“Le Chiffre's two cards followed them with a faint rattle which comes from the canister at the beginning of each session before the discards have made a cushion over the metal floor of their oubliette.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”).
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