Loony-bin


noun, Informal.
1.
an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
noun
1.
(slang) a mental hospital or asylum

noun phrase

A mental hospital; nuthouse: that fugitive from a loony-bin/ So how come I felt like a loony in a loony-bin? (1919+)

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