Judas window
n.— «This was about three months after Belote, admittedly her lover, was convicted of killing Allen B. Friedman by shooting him through the Judas window of the front door of his home.» —“Estate Repayment Ordered by Court” in San Francisco Nevada State Journal (Reno) July 2, 1954. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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