HyperDic English BLACK H ... Black Hole of Calcutta

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English 1 sense of the expression *Black Hole of Calcutta*:
NOUN	artifact	Black Hole of Calcutta	a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula

EnglishBlack Hole of Calcutta: 1 sense noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive.
Instance of	keep, donjon, dungeon	The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

HyperDicEnglishBLACK H ... Black Hole of Calcutta