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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) snake pit
a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.

2. snake pit
an intensely chaotic or disagreeable place or situation.

Etymology: (1880–85)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno
any place of pain and turmoil
"the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

2. (noun) Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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