Definition of Nut case

1. Noun. A whimsically eccentric person.

Exact synonyms: Crackpot, Crank, Fruitcake, Nut, Screwball
Generic synonyms: Eccentric, Eccentric Person, Flake, Geek, Oddball
Derivative terms: Screwball

Definition of Nut case

1. Noun. (informal) An eccentric or crazy person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nut Case

nustle
nustled
nustles
nustling
nut-cutting time
nut-leaved screw tree
nut and bolt
nut ball
nut bar
nut behind the bolt
nut bread
nut case
nut cases
nut house
nut huggers
nut job
nut jobs
nut out
nut pine
nut roast
nut roll
nut rolls
nut sedge
nut tree
nut up

Literary usage of Nut case

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Goodness knows how long it takes one of thei-e monkeys to break a nut-case; but the time must be great, for on one occasion, we got quietly amongst a lot of ..."

2. The Sherman Law: An Anchor -- to Yesterday, a Plea for Its Modernization in by Hugh Farrell (1922)
"The term "unfair methods of competition," as set out in the Trade Commission act, had never been defined by the court, and the Beech-nut case was the first ..."

3. Claudine the Circus Woman by Timothy J. Quinlan (2000)
""The jury could think you are a killer, nut-case as opposed to a ... I didn't feel like a nut case. In a way, I felt more like an actor freshly off stage. ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"... their attitude in those cases will be very largely influenced by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the pending Beech-nut case. ..."

5. Folio (1885)
"But "once on a time " to the forest Came one with the fair magic wand, When, presto ! the dark little nut-case Flew open at his command, And, lo ! sparkling ..."

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