bughouse
Americannoun
plural
bughousesadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bughouse
Example Sentences
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Pound entertained visiting poets and anti-Semites at St. Elizabeths, which he called “the Bughouse.”
From Washington Post
She also sold a middle-grade novel, coming in 2020; signed up as a consulting producer on W. Kamau Bell’s CNN series, “United Shades of America”; and began hosting a new podcast, “Bughouse Square,” inspired by the archives of another Chicago gadfly, Studs Terkel.
From New York Times
“Bughouse—that’s what this business is—bughouse!”
From Literature
Daniel Swift’s most recent book, “The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics and Madness of Ezra Pound,” was published last fall.
From New York Times
Youth Lagoon released three albums in the last five years: 2011’s The Year of Hibernation, 2013’s Wondrous Bughouse, and 2015’s Savage Hills Ballroom.
From Time
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