"everlasting staircase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: everlasting staircases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} everlasting staircase (plural everlasting staircases)
  1. (UK, obsolete, idiomatic, slang, historical) A prison treadmill. Tags: UK, historical, idiomatic, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-everlasting_staircase-en-noun-VjbCC4JD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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