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nut house

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noun Slang.
a mental hospital; insane asylum.
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Origin of nut house

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby nut house

Nutcracker Suite, nut dash, nutgall, nut grass, nuthatch, nut house, nutjob, nut key, nutlet, Nutley, nutmeat
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Words related to nut house

bedlam, booby hatch, bughouse, funny farm, loony bin, lunatic asylum, madhouse, padded cell, rubber room, sanatorium, sanitarium, snake pit

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 nut house

nuthouse
/ (ˈnʌtˌhaʊs) /
noun
slang a mental hospital or asylum
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