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chamber of horrors
noun
- a place for the exhibition of gruesome or horrible objects.
- a group of such objects, as instruments of torture or murder.
- any collection of things or ideas that inspire horror.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chamber of horrors1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Put your foot down on this chamber-of-horrors rot and all the rest of it.
From Project Gutenberg
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