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bughouse

[ buhg-hous ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bug·hous·es [buhg, -hou-ziz].

bughouse

/ ˈbʌɡˌhaʊs /

1890–95, Americanism; bug ¹ ( buggy ¹, bugs ) + house

C20: from bug ¹+ ( mad ) house

I bet its that Bughouse Johnny the boys have chased two or three times.

You recollect I packed a flat-iron among my stuff, an' you boys joshed me about it, said I was bughouse.

Say, ladythe driver turned wearilyhave I got to suppress this crazy man you got out of the bughouse?

I also heard her mumbling and calling herself "bughouse," and with the word her old head would fall humbly on her breast.

I did n' wan' ter ride it that night, 'cause she wuz purty bughouse, 'n' I felt she'd get ditched ef we tried it.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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