Sodom
['sɔdəm]
Definition
(noun.) (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants.
(noun.) any location known for vice and corruption.
Checker: Vivian--From WordNet
Examples
- But they are apples of Sodom, as a matter of fact, Dead Sea Fruit, gall-apples. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Scylla and Cha--confound it, I thought it was Sodom and Gomorrah! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The first historical mention of a shoe is in the Old Testament, where Abraham refused to take as much as a shoe-latchet from the King of Sodom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And the only reason why the land don't sink under it, like Sodom and Gomorrah, is because it is _used_ in a way infinitely better than it is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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