Judas-hole

English

Noun

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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Translations

• Bulgarian: шпионка (bg) f (špionka)