snake pit:

Dated Americanism for:

1. A place of horror and chaos.

Quote: Fred Williams (James Garner) to his three married friends who are contemplating renting a love-nest in Boys' Night Out (1962). ' Are you guys bucking for the snake pit .'

2. The vagina . See vagina for synonyms.

3. Or: snake-ranch , a den-of-iniquity ; a house-of-prostitution . See brothel for synonyms.

See Also: go for a snake's hiss, one-eyed snake, pit, shmok, snake, snake pit, snake ranch, trouser snake

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