snake pit Meaning and Definition
1. n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
2. n. any place of pain and turmoil
Snake pits are places of horror, torture and even death in European legends and fairy tales. The Viking warlord Ragnar Lodbrok is said to have been thrown into a snake pit and died there, after his army had been defeated in battle by King Aelle II of Northumbria.
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