nut house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nut house
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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In the nut house Facebook Twitter Pinterest Season four’s Latrice Royale is one of the most beloved contestants of all time, even though she didn’t win.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2016
The initial idea for the play could have been mouthed by a New York cab driver: Those atomic scientists are crazy, man; they belong in a nut house.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I said to myself that after being in the nut house all of your life, you can't go to the chair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sugar was in a nut house all last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
"How can an atom bomb go off in a nut house?"
From A Filbert Is a Nut by Rick Raphael
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