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bughouse
noun
a mental hospital US, 1899- “I told you he was bug-house, didn’t I?” Jinx said. — Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, p. 108, 1948
- Diane reminds old New Yorkers of the fabulous Broadway Rose, who used to panhandle in front of Lindy’s until she was carted to the bug house. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, pp. 26–27, 1951
- So they took him to the hospital and when he failed to improve they shipped him to the “bug house.” — Caryl Chessman, Cell 2456 Death Row, p. 117, 1954
- You know you’re not going to get out of here until you’re ready for the bughouse, don’t you? — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, pp. 214–215, 1955
- “This bughouse has just become your ivory towers.” — Alexander King, Mine Enemy Grows Older, p. 149, 1958
- Yeah, what a business. Put a man in the bughouse if he ain’t careful. — Robert Gover, The Maniac Responsible, p. 25, 1963
- I could snap up and get sent to the federal bughouse in Springfield, Missouri, or I could refuse to come out of my cell. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 124, 1975
- “Twelve years in St. Liz’s bughouse,” Harry said. — Elmore Leonard, Pronto, p. 258, 1993
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