Synonyms for bughouse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buhg-hous |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌgˌhaʊs |
Top 10 synonyms for bughouse
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
- 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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