colcothar ( synonym found)

Definition of colcothar:

°The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
°At Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries, a slang term for the rooms of the heads of the colleges (i.e. a pun on 'the place of the skulls or heads'). See by Nicholas Amhurst.

Definition of colcothar:

°The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
°At Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries, a slang term for the rooms of the heads of the colleges (i.e. a pun on 'the place of the skulls or heads'). See by Nicholas Amhurst.

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