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lunatic asylum

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noun

another name, usually regarded as offensive, for mental home

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Words related to lunatic asylum

bedlam, madhouse, bughouse, nuthouse, sanatorium, sanitarium, asylum

Words nearby lunatic asylum

lunarian, lunarscape, lunate, lunate bone, lunatic, lunatic asylum, lunatic fringe, lunation, lunch, lunch counter, lunch hour
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Examples from the Web for lunatic asylum

  • 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

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

    Dracula|Bram Stoker