booby hatch
NounSynonyms:
Bedlamcrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmfunny houseloony binmadhousenut housenuthousesanatoriumsnake pit
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Noun (1)
- pejorative terms for an insane asylumSynonyms: Bedlamcrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmfunny houseloony binmadhousenut housenuthousesanatoriumsnake pitType of mental hospital, psychiatric hospital
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Booby hatch
(a) Nautical, a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. (b), an insane asylum. colloquial
From the entry Booby.
Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch
See under Booby, Buttery, etc.
From the entry Hatch.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54