| 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 |
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| 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. | |
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| Instance of | keep, donjon, dungeon | The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress |
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