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booby hatch noun a mental hospital US, 1896- If I was, they’d drive me into the booby hatch. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 20, 1947
- [l]ike something someone dreamt up in the booby hatch — William Rose, The Ladykillers, 1955
- My friend told me that the patients at this boobyhatch acted out all their difficulties on stage. — Alexander King, Mine Enemy Grows Older, p. 141, 1958
- Now they are going to send me to the Boobie Hatch which is prob-ably where I belong. — Anonymous, Go Ask Alice, p. 153, 1971
- How in the name of carnation some people go through life without their getting locked up in what we used to call the Bobby Hatch... well, pal, it sure beats me. — Leo Rosten, Dear Herm, p. 17, 1974
- Frank had to content himself wiht getting her committed to the booby hatch for life, innocent by reason of insanity. — George V. Higgins, Penance for Jerry Kennedy, p. 37, 1985
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