lunatic asylum

noun

another name, usually regarded as offensive, for mental home

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Examples from the Web for lunatic asylum

Historical Examples

I told you of him, Dr. John Seward, the lunatic-asylum man, with the strong jaw and the good forehead.
Dracula
Bram Stoker
If I'd had to listen to any more of his talking or singing, either the embalmer or the lunatic-asylum would have had me, sure!
Seventeen
Booth Tarkington
She'd make a very ornamental figure in a lunatic-asylum, with her long widow's veil.
Patty's Perversities
Arlo Bates

lunatic asylum

Examples from the Web for lunatic asylum

Historical Examples

I told you of him, Dr. John Seward, the lunatic-asylum man, with the strong jaw and the good forehead.

If I'd had to listen to any more of his talking or singing, either the embalmer or the lunatic-asylum would have had me, sure!

She'd make a very ornamental figure in a lunatic-asylum, with her long widow's veil.