lit|tle-ease

lit|tle-ease
lit|tle-ease «LIHT uhl EEZ», noun.
a narrow place of confinement, such as the stocks or pillory or a very small dungeon.
[< Little Ease, a dungeon in the Tower of London]

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  • Little-ease — Lit tle ease , n. An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison. [Eng.] Latimer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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