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funny farm
noun
a hospital for the mentally ill US, 1959- “He’s my new headshrinker. Wants me to go to Connecticut to some fancy funny farm.” — Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, p. 359, 1966
- I said, “Not too well. She’s on a funny farm.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 173, 1969
- On a Michigan funny farm there are three inmates, each of whom believes he is Jesus Christ. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 269, 1971
- The only obstacle is they’re shipping me out to the funny farm in four days. — Natural Born Killers, 1994
- Dave 1 was well on the road to the funny farm. — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 289, 1995
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 54, 1996
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