(The), subs. phr. (common).—1. Cheltenham: from the number of retired Anglo-Indians who live there: cf., ASIA MINOR.
1878. Notes and Queries, 5 S., x., 234, col. 1. Gained for Cheltenham the … title of THE BLACK HOLE.
2. (Military).—A barrack punishment-cell (or lock-up), guardroom: the official designation till 1868.
