(~s)
If you call a place a ~, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, usually because it is dirty and uncomfortable.
...stuck in this ~ of a jail.
N-COUNT
(~s)
If you call a place a ~, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, usually because it is dirty and uncomfortable.
...stuck in this ~ of a jail.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012