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Booby hatch   /bˈubi hætʃ/   Listen
Booby hatch

noun
1.
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.  Synonyms: Bedlam, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit.





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"Booby hatch" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mellaire. He had slipped down the booby hatch into the big after-room and thence through the hallway to my room. He entered noiselessly, on clumsy tiptoes, and pressed his finger warningly to his lips. Not until he was beside my bunk did he speak, and then it was in ...
— The Mutiny of the Elsinore • Jack London


Words linked to "Booby hatch" :   mental institution, insane asylum, institution, asylum, loony bin, psychiatric hospital, mental home, mental hospital


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