Bastille
Bastille noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Rack
Rack noun - A place set aside for sleeping.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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One scene in The Three Musketeers (1973) shows a group of torturers preparing to torture Monsieur Bonacieux in the Bastille, with the usual rack and branding irons and such, with a rather incongruous shot of a fist-sized potato being placed in a copper bowl near the end.
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