Entry: lazarettes (n.)
In context: "Leave your lazarettes and oubliettes."
Definition: From lazaretto (n.): house for the reception of the diseased poor, esp. lepers; a hospital, pest-house. (Chiefly used with reference to foreign countries.)
Other: Also, helpfully from dictionary.com, "Also called glory hole. Nautical . a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, especially one at the extreme stern. "
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 190
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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