nut house
or nuthouse
nounSlang.
a mental hospital; insane asylum.
Origin of nut house
1First recorded in 1900–05
Words Nearby nut house
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How to use nut house in a sentence
"Say, this island'll be a nut-house if this keeps up," Pete Murphy said irritably.
Angel Island | Inez Haynes GillmoreWhat made this Gabriel from the nut house get so confidential all of a sudden?
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British Dictionary definitions for nuthouse
nuthouse
/ (ˈnʌtˌhaʊs) /
noun
slang a mental hospital or asylum
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