/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Black Hole of Calcutta
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A dark cell in a prison into which Suraja Dowlah thrust 146 British prisoners. Next morning only twenty-three were found alive (1756).
⁂ The punishment cell or lock-up in barracks.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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