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noun

A place known for its great filth or corruption: cesspit, cesspool, pit, sink. See clean/dirty, right/wrong.

noun
noun, mainly US

Used (esp. in the formula the armpit of...) to designate a place or part considered disgusting or contemptible; a place that 'stinks'. (1968 —) .
Washington Post Your alma mater is still the armpit of the universe (1986).

[From the offensive smell of an unwashed armpit.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - armhule

Nederlands (Dutch)
oksel, smerig gat

Français (French)
n. - aisselle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Achselhöhle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) μασχάλη

Italiano (Italian)
ascella

Português (Portuguese)
n. - axila (f) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
подмышка

Español (Spanish)
n. - axila, sobaco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - armhåla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
腋窝

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腋窩

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 겨드랑이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 腋の下, わきのしたのくぼみ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إبط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית השחי, מקום או חלק הנחשבים למסלידים או ראויים לבוז (ארה"ב)‬

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