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Definition of Nuthouse
1. Noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
Generic synonyms: Asylum, Insane Asylum, Institution, Mental Home, Mental Hospital, Mental Institution, Psychiatric Hospital
Definition of Nuthouse
1. Noun. (informal derogatory) A lunatic asylum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nuthouse
1. an insane asylum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuthouse
Literary usage of Nuthouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... in a style, all the world allows, admirably suited for the inmates of the al
nuthouse. But what a hole will be made by ail this in the ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons (1866)
"... (s) bags of wheat and barley, was put by the puest into an nuthouse appurtenant
to the inn, where loads of that description were usually received, ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1893)
"State, 91 Tenn. 716; note to State v. S'mith, 33 Am. Dec. 135. A conviction may
be had for playing cards in an "nuthouse where people resort": ..."
4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1824)
"This breaking was holden to he burglary, (m) The prisoners were indicted for a
burglary in the dwelling- nuthouse of a Mr. ..."
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