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Synonyms for bughouse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : buhg-hous
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌgˌhaʊs

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Définition of bughouse

Origin :
  • 1902 (n.) "insane asylum;" 1891 (adj.) "insane," from bug (n.) + house (n.); perhaps originally tramps' slang.
  • As in loony bin : noun mental institution
  • As in mental hospital : noun hospital for mental problems
  • As in nut house : noun mental institution
  • As in booby hatch : noun insane asylum
  • As in funny farm : noun insane asylum
  • As in insane asylum : noun mental institution
Example sentences :
  • Gerald was bughouse on a gambling proposition, across the Mexican line.
  • Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
  • He says you know what he wants to be, and that you think he's bughouse.
  • Extract from : « William Adolphus Turnpike » by William Banks
  • By 'n' by I heerd it agen,—'Bughouse—flyin' mail—blokey,'—an' agen I lost 'er.
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • The lower end of the two ranges is designated "bughouse row."
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • I bet its that Bughouse Johnny the boys have chased two or three times.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch » by Alice B. Emerson
  • And I guess they're not quitting it till they figger Josh is right for the bughouse.
  • Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • "I thought he was in the bughouse," said the passenger who was nobody in particular.
  • Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
  • After that, a gibbering imbecile, he went to live in Bughouse Alley.
  • Extract from : « The Jacket (The Star-Rover) » by Jack London
  • For God's sake don't stand there staring like a bughouse owl!
  • Extract from : « Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man » by Marie Conway Oemler
  • His offense seems to have been that he is bughouse through confinement in the jail.
  • Extract from : « Within Prison Walls » by Thomas Mott Osborne
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