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oubliette
oo-blee-ET
noun
a dungeon, room, or storage space with only a trap door or gap in its ceiling as a point of entry or exit
1953Ian FlemingCasino RoyaleLe Chiffre's two cards followed them with a faint rattle which comes from the canister at the beginning of each session before the discards have made a cushion over the metal floor of their oubliette.2001Robert LudlumThe Cassandra CompactUnder the floorboards in the main room, in a small oubliette, was a cache of arms, medicines, and other essentials, indicating that the owner was undoubtedly in Howell's line of work.2002Amélie NothombFear and TremblingI probed my brain in search of a layer favorable to amnesia. Were there any oubliette cells in my neuronal fortress?

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