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snake pit
noun- used in the US military during the conflict in Vietnam for describing any operational headquarters US
- — Newsweek, p. 30, 23 May 1966
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 16, 1968
- a sergeant’s mess AUSTRALIA, 1941
- They’re sergeants, an’ they should have their own blasted snakepit, not clutter our show. — W.R. Bennett, Wingman, p. 46, 1961
- Sorrowful and smokeless I sat yearning for the security of the snake-pit I had abandoned. — Martin Cameron, A Look at the Bright Side, 1988
- One night I decided to go into Vung Tau to meet an old mate from another unit for a few beers away from the “snake pit” atmosphere. — Martin Cameron, A Look at the Bright Side, 1988
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