Judas-hole

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Judas-hole (plural Judas-holes)

  1. A small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side, used especially in prisons.
    Synonyms: Judas, Judas window
    • 1922 [1901], Stanley J. Weyman, Count Hannibal: A Romance of the Court of France[1]:
      A moment, and an iron-grated Judas-hole in the door slid open, and a servant, an elderly man, sleek and respectable, looked out at him.

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