nut house

or nuthouse

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nounSlang.
  1. a mental hospital; insane asylum.

Origin of nut house

1
First 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 Gillmore
  • What made this Gabriel from the nut house get so confidential all of a sudden?

    Direct Wire | Clee Garson

British Dictionary definitions for nuthouse

nuthouse

/ (ˈnʌtˌhaʊs) /


noun
  1. slang a mental hospital or asylum

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