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Funny house

noun

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum. Synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit.

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"Funny house" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Those funny house laws," I smiled, "you don't say they forbid a Pappenheim to accept half a dozen millions from his wife, when, in days gone by, the Counts of Pappenheim's chief income was the tax on harlotry in Franconia ...

— Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess • Henry W. Fischer

Words linked to "Funny house" : psychiatric hospital, mental home, sanatorium, institution, mental hospital, insane asylum, asylum, mental institution