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idiomthe black hole of Calcutta BrEBrEused about a place that is dark and very hot and too full of people or things:They found Barns at a pub near the docks, a tiny Black Hole of Calcutta where he and his mates gathered after work.The factory was a black hole of Calcutta, like something out of the 19th century.Note This idiom comes from a situation in Calcutta, India in 1756 when a large number of Europeans were put into a very small prison for a night. In the morning only a few were still alive.
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