Definition of Snakepit

1. a psychiatric hospital [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakepit

snakefishes
snakeflies
snakefly
snakehead
snakeheads
snakehood
snakeless
snakelet
snakelets
snakelike
snakeling
snakelings
snakemeat
snakeneck
snakenecks
snakepit (current term)
snakepits
snakeproof
snakeroot
snakeroots
snakes
snakes alive
snakes and ladders
snakeskin
snakeskins
snakestone
snakestones
snakeweed
snakeweeds
snakewhip

Literary usage of Snakepit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wayward Welfare State by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"AFDC remains the outstanding example of mismanagement in public welfare. We/fare's snakepit—Aid to Dependent Children ..."

2. Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James B. Stockdale (1995)
"Then, after what seems like a lifetime in such a snakepit and you finally come home, people rush forward and ask questions like "How was the food? ..."

3. Criminal Polit Buros and Other Plagues by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"He is being medicated into a stupor as it is “claimed” that he is being mentally evaluated and other snakepit lies. He has created the worst of all sins--he ..."

4. Marching to Zog by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"... SnakePit 160 “Manhattan Project” 162 March revolution 76, 108 of 1917 116 Marcos, President 83 Marie Theresa 33 Marine Corps 14 Marron, William Norman ..."

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