Black Hole n.[the large number of ex-Indian Army or Indian Civil Service officers who retired there; the ref. is to the Black Hole of Calcutta (1756)]Cheltenham.Show quotations1878N&Q Ser. 5 X 234/1: Gained for Cheltenham the... title of the Black Hole [F&H].
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